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单词 unavowable
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unavowableadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, avowable adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + avowable adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unaˈvowable.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > not to be revealed
unrevealable1593
ineffable1598
unavowable1802
inostensible1843
buriable1862
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unavowable, incapable of being avowed.]
1802 J. Bentham Panopt. Corr. in Wks. (1843) XI. 140 Any such clandestine and dishonourable, and unavowable and unavowed assurance.
1892 Times 26 Apr. 9/3 Gladstonian adhesion to crazy and unavowable schemes.
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