单词 | unsight, unseen |
释义 | > as lemmasunsight, unseen Only in unsight, unseen, without inspection or examination. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly into uncertain1382 uncertainlya1387 at adventure (also adventures)c1390 at or on six and sevena1398 auntersa1450 at all adventure (also adventures)1485 by hab or by nab1530 at rovers (rarely rover)c1531 hab or nab1542 hitty-missy1553 rovingly1583 haphazard1600 random1619 unsight, unseena1627 happy-be-lucky1633 cross and pile1648 temerariously1669 happy-go-lucky1672 à tort et à travers1749 randomly1765 chance-medley1822 haphazardly1832 willy-nilly1908 by guess and by God (or Godfrey)1931 a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iii. 33 Take that at hazard sir... Unsight, unseen, I take 3. to one. 1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse ii. i I would I had his Neece unsight and unseen I faith for her monies sake. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 352 A generous mind..gives unsight and unseen, and trusts the Divine Goodness for the return. 1764 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 4 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) VI. 2619 He tells you true, as to Comtesse Cosel's diamonds, which certainly nobody will buy here, unsight unseen, as they call it. 1790 W. Cowper Let. 2 May (1982) III. 374 My very best Compliments attend Mrs. Hill whom I love unsight unseen as they say. 1810 Splendid Follies I. 167 So you don't dance with me?.. Bernard, I find, is to enjoy that felicity, unsight unseen. < as lemmas |
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