unguessedadj.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > surprising, unexpected
unbeweena1325
sudden1340
unhopedc1374
unwarec1374
unweenedc1374
unguessedc1400
unlooked for1531
untraisted1533
extonious1548
unlooked1548
unthought1548
unwares1548
unaspected1578
inexpecteda1586
unexpecteda1586
unwary1590
unwaited1592
unmistrusted1595
inopinate1598
unforethought1601
nap-taking1602
startling1609
expectless1613
unexpect1633
admirable1639
immergent1655
unpresumed1686
abrupt1725
unguessed1746
unanticipateda1779
unpredicted1792
unprecipitated1795
unsurmised1820
unsupposed1821
inopine1880
windfall1945
over-the-transom1952
left field1955
conversation-stopping1960
c1400 Comm. Luke (Bodl. 143) i. 7 God ordeyned þat ioon was born of fadir & modir of old age,..þat bi vngessid birþe of child a graciousere ȝifte shulde enfourme hem.
2.
a. Not solved or known by guessing.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [adjective] > ascertained > not
unguessed1590
unascertained1751
undiscovered1769
untraced1826
the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [adjective] > formed by conjecture > not
unguessed1590
unconjectureda1647
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H6 For whether he through fatal deepe foresight Me hither sent, for cause to me vnghest, Or [etc.].
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel v. xvii. 142 But cause of terror, all unguessed, Was fluttering in her gentle breast.
1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens I. 50 The frequent operation of causes unrecognised, unforeseen, unguest.
1900 Pilot 22 Sept. 358/2 An explanation of its mysterious and once unseen and unguessed processes.
b. Not guessed at, not dreamt of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > surprising, unexpected
unbeweena1325
sudden1340
unhopedc1374
unwarec1374
unweenedc1374
unguessedc1400
unlooked for1531
untraisted1533
extonious1548
unlooked1548
unthought1548
unwares1548
unaspected1578
inexpecteda1586
unexpecteda1586
unwary1590
unwaited1592
unmistrusted1595
inopinate1598
unforethought1601
nap-taking1602
startling1609
expectless1613
unexpect1633
admirable1639
immergent1655
unpresumed1686
abrupt1725
unguessed1746
unanticipateda1779
unpredicted1792
unprecipitated1795
unsurmised1820
unsupposed1821
inopine1880
windfall1945
over-the-transom1952
left field1955
conversation-stopping1960
1746 E. Haywood Female Spectator No. 22 (1748) IV. 203 By what unseen, unguessed at means, are frequently the greatest events brought about!
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zicci xiv Art thou some itinerant mountebank, or some unguest-of-friend?
1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind xiii The best endeavours..are often frustrated by some unguessed-at peril.
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adj.c1400- shut forth
- shut head, face
- shut heart
- shut in
- shut in one's shop
- shut it
- shut mouth
- shut off
- shut off steam
- shut one's ears
- shut one's ears occasionally ear
- shut one's eyes against
- shut one's eyes on
- shut one's eyes to
- shut one's face
- shut one's hands of
- shut one's head, face
- shut one's mouth
- shut one's pan
- shut one's purse, etc from, against
- shut out
- shut out of doors, out of the gates
- shut pan
- shut some one out of doors, out of the gates
- shut sound