unbeknownstadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnbᵻˈnəʊnst/, U.S.

/ˌənbəˈnoʊnst/

Forms: Also unbeknowns, etc.

Etymology: < unbeknown adj. The analogy on which the -s or -st has been added is not clear: compare earlier unknownst adj.

Originally colloquial and dialect.

= unbeknown adj. 2. Also, = unbeknown adj. 1.Now of much wider currency than in the 19th. cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective]

uncouthc897

neweOE

fremdc950

unknownOE

unseena1200

unketha1275

unkedc1275

strange13..

disguisyc1330

unknowedc1380

aliena1382

unhearda1382

unkenneda1400

ranishc1400

ignorant?a1475

unwittenc1485

unbekend1513

unacquainted1551

unkent1579

unwitted1582

unfamiliar1593

unsounded1594

incognite1609

ignote1623

in the urn1658

unfathomed1659

unexperienced1698

unknown-of1700

undiscovered1707

inaudite1708

darka1727

unascertained1751

unwist1757

unknownst1805

unbeknown1824

unbeknownst1848

unsampled1890

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adverb]

his unwares1468

unwaresc1510

unbeknown to1636

unsuspectedly1645

unknowingly1660

unbeknownst1848

1848 E. C. Gaskell Let. 11 Nov. (1966) 61 You don't see me, but I often am sitting in the rocking-chair unbeknownst to you.

1854 T. H. Huxley in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1900) I. 111 I hate doing anything of the kind ‘unbeknownst’ to people.

1854 Poultry Chron. 1 331/1 It was found that she was sitting on a nest of eggs,—unbeknownst.

1888 R. Kipling His Wedded Wife in Plain Tales from Hills 136 Perhaps they were afraid that their wives had come from Home unbeknownst.

1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World iii. 70 Burying your poor father unbeknownst when..we could have given him a decent burial.

1932 W. Faulkner Light in August i. 16 Interfering with his work unbeknownst to him.

1952 A. Christie They do it with Mirrors xiii. 122 One of those smart lads may have got out of the College buildings unbeknownst.

1979 Dædalus Summer 99 Here, illusion, unbeknownst to those who believed they had overcome it, made its most triumphant reentry.

1982 London Rev. Bks. 20 May 3 A whole other wife and children all unbeknownst to Ackerley until after his father's death.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unbeknownst
释义	unbeknownstadj. Brit. /ˌʌnbᵻˈnəʊnst/, U.S. /ˌənbəˈnoʊnst/ Forms: Also unbeknowns, etc. Etymology: < unbeknown adj. The analogy on which the -s or -st has been added is not clear: compare earlier unknownst adj. Originally colloquial and dialect. = unbeknown adj. 2. Also, = unbeknown adj. 1.Now of much wider currency than in the 19th. cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective] uncouthc897 neweOE fremdc950 unknownOE unseena1200 unketha1275 unkedc1275 strange13.. disguisyc1330 unknowedc1380 aliena1382 unhearda1382 unkenneda1400 ranishc1400 ignorant?a1475 unwittenc1485 unbekend1513 unacquainted1551 unkent1579 unwitted1582 unfamiliar1593 unsounded1594 incognite1609 ignote1623 in the urn1658 unfathomed1659 unexperienced1698 unknown-of1700 undiscovered1707 inaudite1708 darka1727 unascertained1751 unwist1757 unknownst1805 unbeknown1824 unbeknownst1848 unsampled1890 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adverb] his unwares1468 unwaresc1510 unbeknown to1636 unsuspectedly1645 unknowingly1660 unbeknownst1848 1848 E. C. Gaskell Let. 11 Nov. (1966) 61 You don't see me, but I often am sitting in the rocking-chair unbeknownst to you. 1854 T. H. Huxley in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1900) I. 111 I hate doing anything of the kind ‘unbeknownst’ to people. 1854 Poultry Chron. 1 331/1 It was found that she was sitting on a nest of eggs,—unbeknownst. 1888 R. Kipling His Wedded Wife in Plain Tales from Hills 136 Perhaps they were afraid that their wives had come from Home unbeknownst. 1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World iii. 70 Burying your poor father unbeknownst when..we could have given him a decent burial. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August i. 16 Interfering with his work unbeknownst to him. 1952 A. Christie They do it with Mirrors xiii. 122 One of those smart lads may have got out of the College buildings unbeknownst. 1979 Dædalus Summer 99 Here, illusion, unbeknownst to those who believed they had overcome it, made its most triumphant reentry. 1982 London Rev. Bks. 20 May 3 A whole other wife and children all unbeknownst to Ackerley until after his father's death. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1848
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