† unvisibleadj.
Obsolete.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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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
c1402 J. Lydgate Compl. Black Knight 623 When Vulcanus..with a cheyne vnvisible yow bounde.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Tobit xii. 19 Y vse vnuysible meete.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton c j b The whyche hath myght..vpon alle thynges vysyble and vnuysyble.
1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes vii. f. xxxvi Christ geueth vnto vs his vnuisible graces, in sensible sacramentes.
1593 Passionate Morrice F ij b I would I..went not so vnuisible. [Also Hexham and Ash s.v.]
Derivatives
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun]
invisibleness1530
invisibility1561
unperceivableness1611
unvisibleness1611
imperceptibility1612
inconspicuousness1624
undiscernibleness1645
undiscernableness1646
imperceptiveness1662
imperceivableness1666
imperceptibleness1673
imperceptivitya1680
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Inuisibilita, vnuisiblenesse.
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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
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 522 It is nedeful þat it be understonden unvesibily.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Vnvisible, or unvisibly.
1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials III. 279 You..adore the same flesh in substance, altho' unvisibly [orig. invisible] in the sacrament, which we al shal se in the latter day visible.
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