† unsightfuladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Invisible.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective]
unseyenlyc1175
unsenec1200
unseeinga1300
invisible1340
unperceptiblea1398
unseeablea1400
unvisiblec1402
unsightablea1420
unsightyc1440
unperceivable?a1475
unsightfulc1480
imperceptible1536
secret1559
sightless1586
undiscernable1586
invised1609
viewlessa1616
imperceivablea1617
unspiablea1618
inconspicuous1624
undiscernible1624
inconspicablea1652
imperspicable1664
unperceptable1678
imperceptive1722
c1480 (a1400) St. Katherine 369 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 452 A god..wnsichtfull and sichtfull bedene.
Derivatives
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adverb]
unseyenlyc1175
unvisiblyc1380
invisibly1382
unperceivablyc1390
unseeablya1395
unsightilyc1440
unsightfullyc1480
undiscernably1594
imperceptibly1603
imperceivably1617
indiscernibly1636
undiscernibly1655
inconspicuously1661
viewlessly1826
inappreciably1860
c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 331 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 232 Þat quha hofine is..resawis þan þe haly gaste vnsichtfully.
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- retroceded
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- retrocedes
- retroceding
- retrocess
- retrocession
- retrocession of the equinoxes
- retrocessional
- retrocessions
- retrocessive
- retrochic
- retrochoir
- retrochoirs
- retrochorally
- retroclusion
- retrocognition
- retrocognitive
- retrocoient
- retrocool
- retrocopulant
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- retrocopulation
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