unavowedadj.
/ˌʌnəˈvaʊd/, U.S. /ˌənəˈvaʊd/ (un- prefix1 2.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [adjective]
unawnedc1175
unconfesseda1500
unpresented1523
undeclared1526
unrevealed1529
unproclaimed1570
undisclosed1571
unbetrayed1595
mystical1600
unbewrayed1605
undivulged1608
unpublished1608
irrevealed1610
tonguelessa1616
undiscovereda1616
unaffirmeda1631
unprofessed1647
unphrased1663
in poigne1710
napkined1756
unavowed1790
unsignified1809
unsunned1814
expressionless1819
inexpressed1821
unindicated1825
unblazoned1830
inostensible1843
unjournalized1843
unaverred1850
unexhibited1862
unadvertised1864
hermetic1954
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unavowed, not avowed.]
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 124 If the French King..has in his own person..really deserved these unavowed but unavenged murderous attempts. View more context for this quotation
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. II. xii. 94 Coleridge..lamented that an endeavour unavowed had been made to catch his tone.
1876 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. June 5 Votaries who are scattered and isolated; or whose creed is unavowed.
Derivatives
unaˈvowedly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adverb] > without declaration
unexpressedly1561
sneakingly1730
inostensibly1791
unavowedly1861
1861 H. S. Maine Anc. Law ii. 31 The moment the judgment has been rendered and reported, we slide unconsciously or unavowedly into..a new train of thought.
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adj.1790