Unkent

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    unknown; strange Scotland, obsolete

    "Go, little book, thyself present, As child whose parent is unkent, To him, that is the president Of nobleness and chivalrie."

Example

More examples

"Go, little book, thyself present, As child whose parent is unkent, To him, that is the president Of nobleness and chivalrie."

Etymology

From un- + kent, from ken (“to know”).

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