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unaˈdept, n. and a.
[un-1 12, 7, and 5 b.]
a. n. One who is not an adept.
b. adj. Not adept or proficient. Also absol.
1742Young Nt. Th. ix. 649 I'll point out to thee Its various lessons; some that may surprise An un-adept in mysteries of Night. 1817Keatinge Trav. I. 42 The un⁓adept in the valuable science of botany. 1818M. W. Shelley Frankenst. ii, Thus for a time I was occupied by exploded systems, mingling, like an unadept, a thousand contradictory theories. 1830Bentham Offic. Apt. Maximized, Public Account Keeping 10 To an unadept mind, what other idea than this is it in the nature of this appellation to suggest? |