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Definition: Unavowed |
UnavowedAdjective1. 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: UnavowedSynonyms: secret (adj), sneaking(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dissent | Unavowed, unacknowledged; out of the question. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unavowed |
| Specialty definitions using "unavowed": lead. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| 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 không nói ra; không thú nhận. (various references) | ||||||||||
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. | |
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