unspiedadj.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > unobserved, undiscovered
unayetec1275
unespiedc1374
unperceiveda1375
unapperceived1390
unwitnessed1407
unkenneda1475
obscure1484
unaspied?1507
undiscerned1529
unsuspectedc1530
unspieda1542
unascried1548
undiscovered1555
unscried1578
unfound1584
undescried1595
undetectedc1602
uneyeda1627
undilucidated1635
insuspected1646
indiscovered1663
unbeheld1667
trackless1695
unjealoused1710
unbeholden1820
unencountered1821
undivined1852
unexcavated1874
uncognized1877
14.. Chaucer's Troilus (Harl.) iv. 1457 It is ful hard to halten vnspied Bifor a crepul.
a1542 T. Wyatt Take Heed by Time v To love unspied is but a hap; Therefore, take heed!
1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc i. ii. 317 Traiterous corrupters of their pliant youthe Shall have unspied a muche more free accesse.
1624 F. Quarles Sions Elegies i. xxii Thinke you to flourish euer? and (vnspide) To shoot the flowers of your fruitlesse pride.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 529 I must walk round This Garden, and no corner leave unspi'd . View more context for this quotation
a1740 T. Tickell Fatal Curiosity in Misc. 5 I..went prepared to pry,..Resolv'd to find some fault before unspy'd.
1798 in A. D. Coleridge Eton in Fourties (1896) 14 When waving fresh each woolly wing, That..serv'd..to hold unknown, unspied, A loaf or pudding in.
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