Unhistorical

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not historical; not based on history. not-comparable

    "There still faintly beamed from the woman's features something of the freshness, and even the prettiness, of her youth; rendering it probable that the personal charms which Tess could boast of were in main part her mother's gift, and therefore unknightly, unhistorical."

Example

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"There still faintly beamed from the woman's features something of the freshness, and even the prettiness, of her youth; rendering it probable that the personal charms which Tess could boast of were in main part her mother's gift, and therefore unknightly, unhistorical."

Etymology

From un- + historical.

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