unreferringadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈfəːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈfərɪŋ/ Not referring (to a person or thing).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > not mentioning
concealing1421
unreferring1655
undescriptive1827
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 110 He..began the innocent Order of the Garter, unreferring to any of his former atchievements.
1824 L.-M. Hawkins Mem. I. 207 There is about them..so unreferring a recoil into themselves, that [etc.].
1992 Textual Practice 6 346 God, in Eagleton's joke, is the source of meaninglessness—an excess of signifying practices that bewilders the prophet with the tricks of unreferring signs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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