unsunnedadj.
1.
a. Not penetrated or reached by sunlight; not exposed or accessible to the sun.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > without light of specific heavenly body > not penetrated or reached by sunlight
sunless1589
unsunned1607
un-Titaned1635
un-sun-seen1654
unsunny1859
1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iii. sig. F [I] did wish his impudent grace To meete her here in this vn-sunned-lodge.
1637 J. Milton Comus 14 The unsun'd heaps Of misers treasure.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila x. lxxvi. 189 Why start'st? Unlock thy unsunn'd Hord.
1759 W. Mason Caractacus 22 The unsunn'd silver of the mine.
1800 S. T. Coleridge This Lime-tree Bower in Ann. Anthol. 2 141 That branchless Ash Unsunn'd and damp.
1806 R. Mant Country Gent. in Poems i. 32 Where..horror shaggs the unsunn'd precipice.
1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) ix. 49 The unsunned sides of narrow streets.
1885 J. Ingelow Sleep of Sigismund xxxviii With name unsaid and fame unsunned He walks that was King Sigismund.
b. figurative. Not made patent or public.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [adjective]
unawnedc1175
unconfesseda1500
unpresented1523
undeclared1526
unrevealed1529
unproclaimed1570
undisclosed1571
unbetrayed1595
mystical1600
unbewrayed1605
undivulged1608
unpublished1608
irrevealed1610
tonguelessa1616
undiscovereda1616
unaffirmeda1631
unprofessed1647
unphrased1663
in poigne1710
napkined1756
unavowed1790
unsignified1809
unsunned1814
expressionless1819
inexpressed1821
unindicated1825
unblazoned1830
inostensible1843
unjournalized1843
unaverred1850
unexhibited1862
unadvertised1864
hermetic1954
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vii. 322 With his cheerful throng Of open schemes, and all his inward hoard Of unsunned griefs.
1821 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson (1857) I. 347 He has promised to communicate to our Society some very curious and unsunned letters of Lord Dacre's.
1862 Athenæum 30 Aug. 278 The unsunned historical treasures in the possession of the London Corporation.
2. figurative.1830 Ld. Tennyson Supposed Confessions 140 In my morn of youth, The unsunn'd freshness of my strength.
a. Not touched or affected by the light or heat of the sun. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > devoid of heat or warmth > not heated by the sun
unsunneda1616
society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] > specifically of conduct, qualities, etc.
fairOE
unblendedc1340
unspotted1455
unviolated1555
uncorrupted1571
unattainted1597
uninfected1628
unvitiateda1637
unsullied1659
unabused1661
unadulterate1664
candid1667
unwarped1744
unspecked1781
unblenched1813
unsunned1843
unattaint1850
unsubverted1872
unsmutched1879
unshadowed1891
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. v. 13 I thought her As Chaste, as vn-Sunn'd Snow. View more context for this quotation
1795 R. Southey Vision Maid of Orleans i. 311 As white as unsunn'd snow, Or as the spotless lily of the vale.
1820 Ellen Fitzarthur 54 Crystal drops of unsunned dew.
1843 F. E. Paget Warden of Berkingholt 119 The unsunned purity..of the Master of Berkingholt Union.
b. Not coloured or tanned by the sun.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > whiteness or fairness > [adjective] > not coloured or tanned by sun
unsunned1821
1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing vi. 344 The dark, yet clear, complexion of the Italians, which would ill suit on unsunned English faces.
1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xlix. 80 They venture to drop their jealous veils and ramble about in their unsunned beauty.
1882 Cent. Mag. 25 103 A lady..[with] pure, unsunned complexion.
3. Not lighted up by the sun. Also figurative.
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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
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > of the appearance or face
louring13..
sada1375
frowningc1386
fluishc1460
Lentena1500
glumming1526
Friday-faced1583
becloudeda1586
gash1589
dark1593
mumping1594
hanging1607
fiddle-facedc1785
murky1830
unsunned1838
thought-ladena1847
unsunny1859
unhappy-looking1863
unhappy-faced1876
boot-faced1958
1838 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 27 July in Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 90 All the near landscape lay unsunned.
1840 Lady C. M. C. Bury Hist. Flirt xvi Her still countenance unsunned by a smile.
1874 F. W. Farrar Life Christ II. lix. 350 The unsunned outer darkness of miserable self-condemnation.
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