Unavowed

  

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Unavowed

Definition: Unavowed

Unavowed

Adjective

1. Not openly expressed; "a sneaking suspicion".

2. Not affirmed or mentioned or declared.

3. Not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unavowed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

"Unavowed" is a common misspelling or typo for: invoked, unadvised, unlabored.


Synonyms: Unavowed

Synonyms: secret (adj), sneaking(a) (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Unavowed

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Dissent

Unavowed, unacknowledged; out of the question.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Unavowed

Specialty definitions using "unavowed": lead. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Unavowed

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Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers -- particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives. Lead is also of great service as a counterpoise to an argument of such weight that it turns the scale of debate the wrong way. An interesting fact in the chemistry of international controversy is that at the point of contact of two patriotisms lead is precipitated in great quantities. Hail, holy Lead! -- of human feuds the great And universal arbiter; endowed With penetration to pierce any cloud Fogging the field of controversial hate, And with a sift, inevitable, straight, Searching precision find the unavowed But vital point. Thy judgment, when allowed By the chirurgeon, settles the debate. O useful metal! -- were it not for thee We'd grapple one another's ears alway: But when we hear thee buzzing like a bee We, like old Muhlenberg, "care not to stay." And when the quick have run away like pellets Jack Satan smelts the dead to make new bullets.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Unavowed

Language Translations for "unavowed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

unbekannt (anonymous, fameless, foreign, nameless, nonfamous, obscure, unacquainted, unbeknown, unbeknownly, undistinguished, unfamiliar, unheard, unidentified, unknown, unknowns). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ανομολόγητοσ (unmentionable, untold). (various references)

   

Manx

  

gyn goaill rish (unacknowledged). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

avowedunay

   

Vietnamese 

  

không nói ra; không thú nhận. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Unavowed

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-n-o-u-v-w"

-2 letters: avowed, unawed, unwove.

-3 letters: adown, anode, awned, daven, dawen, devon, dewan, doven, endow, novae, owned, unwed, vaned, vodun, vowed, waned, waved, wound, woven.

-4 letters: aeon, anew, avow, awed, dawn, dean, deva, dona, done, dove, down, dune, enow, nave, node, nova, nude, odea, oven, owed, unde, undo, uvea, vane, vena, vend, wade, wand, wane.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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