unseenadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːn/, U.S.

/ˌənˈsin/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b, 6 Compare Old English ungesewen, Middle Dutch ongesien (Dutch ongezien), Old High German ungesëhan (Middle High German ungesëhen, German -gesehen), North Frisian unseen; Old Norse and Icelandic úsénn, ósénn.

a. Not seen; not apprehended by sight; unperceived, invisible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > not seen

unseena1225

unviewed1570

unsighted1584

imperceived1624

unlooked1856

α.

a1225 Leg. Kath. 1784 For he halt in his hond..alle ischepene þing, sehene & unsehene.

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 141 Đet wit & wereð us euer wið þe unseiene [a1250 Titus vnsehene] gostes.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 247 If a man wol ben unsein, Withinne his hond hold clos the Ston, And he mai invisible gon.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 566 Saule..has vnderstandynge clene of þinge sayde and vnseyne.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 263 No counseyl may be hyd in þe vnseyn & vnknowyn.

β. a1300 Cursor Mundi 566 Saul..has als vnderstanding clene O thing it seis and of vnsene.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 626 Off the out wach thus chapyt thai wnseyn.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 84 Haile, schene, vnseyne with carnale eyne.1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer Prol. f. cccxxv Wherthrough..arne the vnsene priuytees of god made to vs sightful and knowyng.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. M7 Himselfe he frees by secret meanes vnseene.1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xix. 173 When by meanes of an vnseene haire, they [sc. jugglers] draw light bodies to them.1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake 59 When a..Ship..Suddenly strikes upon some unseen Rock.1751 T. Gray Elegy xiv. 8 Full many a flower is born to blush unseen.1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 27 [He] saw her there, and was not himself unseen.1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud iv. v, in Maud & Other Poems 17 Do we move ourselves, or are moved by an unseen hand?1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings Pref. p. xii The work of the world is carried on by the unseen force of steam.absolute.1829 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1840) II. 226 The veil and mysterious Garment of the Unseen.1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. xxxiv. 125 Concerning the Unseen..no device..can preclude the possibility of Doubt.

b. Const. of (= by). Also absol.

ΚΠ

a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. P. de Mornay Woorke concerning Trewnesse Christian Relig. in Wks. (1923) III. 305 Looke up to that same only King..Who,..unseene of any mortall wight, Beholdeth all things.

1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xviii. 97 What an idlenesse it is for foolish Hypocrites to hope they can dance in a net vnseene of heauen?

1802 J. Baillie 1st Pt. Ethwald iv. iii Through the dank and through the dry, Through th' unseen of mortal eye.

1809 R. Cumberland John de Lancaster II. 161 Davis..had entered the room, unseen of young Owen.

a. Not seen previously or hitherto; esp. †unfamiliar, strange, unknown.

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

a1200 St. Marher. 10 Þa seh ha hwer set an unsehen unwiht,..blaccre þen euer eni blamon.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9091 Þat scrift was soruful and vn-sene,..þat salamon yod vnder.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5946 Þe frosse deid all vp be-dene, þe hepes o þam war gret vnsene þat men gadird on þe grund.

a1400–50 Alexander 2536 Be þis ser Philip son..of feȝtand folk Had semblid ane vnsene sowme.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 69 Bot in treuth in me is cunne an vnsein Ioy.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. ix. f. xxv^v If it be an vnsene and a hiddeous presumpcion, that the clay should with the potter pratle.

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 55 A Diamond..of a huge and vnseene bignes.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vii. xxiii. 565 A bird as bigge as a Crane,.. but of a strange and vnseene form.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 361 A Starr Unseen before in Heav'n.

1725 G. Berkeley Proposal in Wks. (1871) III. 230 Unseen countries and after ages may feel the effects of his bounty.

b. Of passages for translation: Not previously read. Hence as n., an unprepared passage.

ΚΠ

1879 C. S. Jerram Anglice Reddenda Pref. An exercise book in ‘unseen’, that is, unprepared translations.

1882 Athenæum 30 Dec. 897/2 A proposal..to substitute ‘unseens’ for ‘set books’ in..examinations.

1892 J. Edgar (title) Latin Unseens.

1892 J. Edgar Latin Unseens 23 A specimen unseen from Livy.

1897 E. S. Smith (title) Greek Unseens in Prose and Verse.

†3. Unskilled, inexperienced. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > inexperienced

youngOE

unfraisted?a1400

rudec1489

raw1534

unfleshed1542

untraded1542

fresh water?1548

unpractised1551

unexperienced1569

unacquainted1581

prenticea1586

fresh-watered1590

unsifted1604

unseen1606

unexperient1609

inexperienced1626

low water1643

inexperient1670

unproficient1794

nyoung1852

punk1907

raggedy-ass1930

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 254 Neither was he unseene in Musick.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 279 Somewhat difficult to those who are as yet altogether unseen therein.

1682 Heraclitus Ridens 11 Apr. 1/2 For any man now to wonder at it, would but shew him very much unseen in the English History.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unseen
释义	unseenadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːn/, U.S. /ˌənˈsin/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b, 6 Compare Old English ungesewen, Middle Dutch ongesien (Dutch ongezien), Old High German ungesëhan (Middle High German ungesëhen, German -gesehen), North Frisian unseen; Old Norse and Icelandic úsénn, ósénn. 1. a. Not seen; not apprehended by sight; unperceived, invisible. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > not seen unseena1225 unviewed1570 unsighted1584 imperceived1624 unlooked1856 α. a1225 Leg. Kath. 1784 For he halt in his hond..alle ischepene þing, sehene & unsehene. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 141 Đet wit & wereð us euer wið þe unseiene [a1250 Titus vnsehene] gostes. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 247 If a man wol ben unsein, Withinne his hond hold clos the Ston, And he mai invisible gon. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 566 Saule..has vnderstandynge clene of þinge sayde and vnseyne. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 263 No counseyl may be hyd in þe vnseyn & vnknowyn. β. a1300 Cursor Mundi 566 Saul..has als vnderstanding clene O thing it seis and of vnsene.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 626 Off the out wach thus chapyt thai wnseyn.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 84 Haile, schene, vnseyne with carnale eyne.1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer Prol. f. cccxxv Wherthrough..arne the vnsene priuytees of god made to vs sightful and knowyng.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. M7 Himselfe he frees by secret meanes vnseene.1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xix. 173 When by meanes of an vnseene haire, they [sc. jugglers] draw light bodies to them.1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake 59 When a..Ship..Suddenly strikes upon some unseen Rock.1751 T. Gray Elegy xiv. 8 Full many a flower is born to blush unseen.1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 27 [He] saw her there, and was not himself unseen.1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud iv. v, in Maud & Other Poems 17 Do we move ourselves, or are moved by an unseen hand?1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings Pref. p. xii The work of the world is carried on by the unseen force of steam.absolute.1829 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1840) II. 226 The veil and mysterious Garment of the Unseen.1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. xxxiv. 125 Concerning the Unseen..no device..can preclude the possibility of Doubt. b. Const. of (= by). Also absol. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. P. de Mornay Woorke concerning Trewnesse Christian Relig. in Wks. (1923) III. 305 Looke up to that same only King..Who,..unseene of any mortall wight, Beholdeth all things. 1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xviii. 97 What an idlenesse it is for foolish Hypocrites to hope they can dance in a net vnseene of heauen? 1802 J. Baillie 1st Pt. Ethwald iv. iii Through the dank and through the dry, Through th' unseen of mortal eye. 1809 R. Cumberland John de Lancaster II. 161 Davis..had entered the room, unseen of young Owen. 2. a. Not seen previously or hitherto; esp. †unfamiliar, strange, unknown. 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 a1200 St. Marher. 10 Þa seh ha hwer set an unsehen unwiht,..blaccre þen euer eni blamon. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9091 Þat scrift was soruful and vn-sene,..þat salamon yod vnder. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5946 Þe frosse deid all vp be-dene, þe hepes o þam war gret vnsene þat men gadird on þe grund. a1400–50 Alexander 2536 Be þis ser Philip son..of feȝtand folk Had semblid ane vnsene sowme. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 69 Bot in treuth in me is cunne an vnsein Ioy. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. ix. f. xxv^v If it be an vnsene and a hiddeous presumpcion, that the clay should with the potter pratle. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 55 A Diamond..of a huge and vnseene bignes. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vii. xxiii. 565 A bird as bigge as a Crane,.. but of a strange and vnseene form. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 361 A Starr Unseen before in Heav'n. View more context for this quotation 1725 G. Berkeley Proposal in Wks. (1871) III. 230 Unseen countries and after ages may feel the effects of his bounty. b. Of passages for translation: Not previously read. Hence as n., an unprepared passage. ΚΠ 1879 C. S. Jerram Anglice Reddenda Pref. An exercise book in ‘unseen’, that is, unprepared translations. 1882 Athenæum 30 Dec. 897/2 A proposal..to substitute ‘unseens’ for ‘set books’ in..examinations. 1892 J. Edgar (title) Latin Unseens. 1892 J. Edgar Latin Unseens 23 A specimen unseen from Livy. 1897 E. S. Smith (title) Greek Unseens in Prose and Verse. †3. Unskilled, inexperienced. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > inexperienced youngOE unfraisted?a1400 rudec1489 raw1534 unfleshed1542 untraded1542 fresh water?1548 unpractised1551 unexperienced1569 unacquainted1581 prenticea1586 fresh-watered1590 unsifted1604 unseen1606 unexperient1609 inexperienced1626 low water1643 inexperient1670 unproficient1794 nyoung1852 punk1907 raggedy-ass1930 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 254 Neither was he unseene in Musick. 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 279 Somewhat difficult to those who are as yet altogether unseen therein. 1682 Heraclitus Ridens 11 Apr. 1/2 For any man now to wonder at it, would but shew him very much unseen in the English History. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.a1200
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