unengenderedadj.
/ˌʌnᵻnˈdʒɛndəd/, /ˌʌnɛnˈdʒɛndəd/, U.S. /ˌənᵻnˈdʒɛndərd/ Not produced, generated, or developed; spec. (in theological and philosophical contexts) that exists without having been made or procreated.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > not created > not yet created
unmadea1325
unengendered1578
unspawned1814
unconceived1848
meonic1937
meontic1951
1578 T. Twyne tr. L. Daneau Wonderfull Woorkmanship of World xxviii f. 58 That region of this world, whiche is called by the Philosophers Ethereall, and conteineth the celestiall and vnengendred bodies [L. ingenerabilia corpora].
1776 S. J. Pratt Pupil of Pleasure I. 155 At present this is in embrio only,—uningendered.
1833 T. S. Fay Crayon Sketches I. 185 He looks into futurity and calculates how much the yet unengendered grain will bring.
1870 S. Baring-Gould Origin Relig. Belief II. 34 The immutable, unengendered, immultipliable, and indivisible unit is the infinite Being.
1904 Burlington (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 5 Dec. The polished and inspiring words of Father Cotter are bound to appeal and create an interest that would have otherwise remained unengendered.
2002 Sociol. Theory 20 389 Derrida locates religion not in religious institutions, but in institution itself, in the unengendered, unnamable, unproducible conditions that precede and are immanent in social being.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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