unilluminatedadj.
/ˌʌnᵻˈluːmᵻneɪtᵻd/, /ˌʌnᵻˈljuːmᵻneɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənᵻˈluməˌneɪdᵻd/ 1. Not spiritually or mentally enlightened.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [adjective]
thestera900
thestria900
blindc1000
blindfoldc1450
blinkard?1528
purblind1533
blinded1535
blear-eyed1561
obcaecate1568
unilluminated1579
fonda1592
blear-witted1600
short-sighted1622
baby-blind1627
obcaecated1641
misty-brained1649
twilighta1677
blindfolded1730
short-sighted1736
unpliable1769
misty1820
myopical1830
visionless1856
myopic1891
blinkered1897
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [adjective]
thestera900
thestria900
blindc1000
darkc1350
lightless?1406
obscurea1500
mistya1522
blinded1535
unilluminated1579
unlightened1587
stone-blind1596
endarkened1612
dark1628
benighted1637
unenlightened1650
bedarkened1655
unirradiated1792
darkened1856
1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue sig. B iijv H. N. sayth of all preachers without his Familie, that they are vnilluminated.
1639 W. Sclater, Jr. Worthy Communicant Rewarded 23 Thus surely may your dull Capernaites, and unilluminated men imagine.
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vi. xii. 248 What the ungodded or unilluminated men..bring forth.
1798 Brit. Critic 11 47 The hazard of being reputed the disciples of a very unilluminated school.
1858 H. Bushnell Serm. for New Life 100 The unilluminated and superficial speculations of our times.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 454 To the eyes of the unilluminated heart the region in which Faith lives and moves is a dark cavern.
2. Not illuminated or lighted up. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > unilluminated or unilluminating
darkOE
lightlessa1398
unlighted?1574
shady1605
beamless1679
unshining1682
unluminous1754
unlit1787
unillumed1796
unilluminated1824
unillumined1826
unsunned1838
unlitten1867
1824 T. De Quincey tr. J. P. F. Richter Dream upon Universe in London Mag. Mar. 243/1 I saw the Form which still lightened as before, but left all around it unilluminated.
1874 tr. E. Lommel Nature of Light (ed. 4) 15 The back unilluminated surface of the body.
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adj.1579