unseeableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈsiəb(ə)l/ 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
a1400 in Hampole's Wks. (1895) I. 124 Our blyssed vnseable god may be perseyued alanle be inly vnderstandyng.
a1400 in Hampole's Wks. (1895) I. 165 It is..nerhand vnpossibull to a fleshle saule..for to ryse in knawyng of vnseabull þ[i]nges.
?1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John in Wks. (1572) 427/2 Of the very Sacrament it selfe we know no other thyng then that we come thether to see an vnseable miracle.
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. C ii That the substance of ye bred, whiche is vnseable, shuld be worshipped.
1719 D. Defoe Vision of Angelic World 44 To see things unseeable, as St. Paul heard things unutterable.
1880 Boston Jrnl. Chem. Dec. 134/2 It is assumed that spirit is unseeable.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adverb]
unseyenlyc1175
unvisiblyc1380
invisibly1382
unperceivablyc1390
unseeablya1395
unsightilyc1440
unsightfullyc1480
undiscernably1594
imperceptibly1603
imperceivably1617
indiscernibly1636
undiscernibly1655
inconspicuously1661
viewlessly1826
inappreciably1860
a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis ii. xi. (Bodl. 592) Þee fforȝifnesse of synne is doon ghostli and vnseabli þoruȝ grace of þe hooligoost.
a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis ii. xxx. (Bodl. 592) He was vnseabli felid in þe myȝtes of her soulis.
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