Unhoodwink
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To remove a blindfold or blinder from. transitive
"The tail of the cart was turned towards the distant deer; the keeper entered it, and unhoodwinking his charge, it leaped through the door upon the ground, and there lay for a moment crouched flat on its belly;"
- 2 To disabuse of a deception. transitive
"And yet this Error and Superstition is so deeply rooted in the minds of the Papists, that there is scarcely any way left to disabuse and unhoodwink them, so fatally have their Priests and Monks enchanted them."
Example
More examples"The tail of the cart was turned towards the distant deer; the keeper entered it, and unhoodwinking his charge, it leaped through the door upon the ground, and there lay for a moment crouched flat on its belly;"
Etymology
From un- + hoodwink.
More for "unhoodwink"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.