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单词 undawning
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undawningadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, dawning adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + dawning adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdawning.
(un- prefix1 4.)
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > dawn > [adjective] > not brightening or brightened by dawn
undawning1785
undawned1853
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 130 Thou hold'st the sun A pris'ner in the yet undawning east.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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