Unbewised

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unconscious; unproven. nonce-word

    "Can the polysemic and nomadic meanings of a text such as the Qur'an overcome the unbewised efforts to reduce it to monologic decree?"

Etymology

From un- + be- + wised, perhaps modelled after German unbewusst (“unconscious, unwitting, involuntary”) or German unbewiesen (“unproven, unverified”). Compare also Dutch onbewijst (“unproven, unverified”).

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