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Unseen

//ʌnˈsiːn// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Not seen or discovered; invisible. not-comparable
"You became to me the visible incarnation of that unseen ideal whose memory haunts us artists like an exquisite dream."
2
Unskilled; inexperienced. not-comparable
3
Not hitherto noticed; unobserved. not-comparable
"I to the world am like a drop of water That in the ocean seeks another drop, Who, falling there to find his fellow forth, Unseen, inquisitive, confounds himself."

Adjective

1
not anticipated wordnet
2
unnoticed wordnet
3
not seen or perceived wordnet

Noun

1
An examination involving material not previously seen or studied.
"I have French and Latin unseens this summer."
2
a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit wordnet

Verb

1
past participle of unsee form-of, participle, past
"What has been seen cannot be unseen."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English unsen, unseyn, unseien, from Old English unġesewen, from Proto-Germanic *unsewanaz, equivalent to un- + seen. Cognate with Dutch ongezien (“unseen”), German Low German unsehn (“unseen”), German ungesehen (“unseen”).

Etymology 2

From un- + seen.

Etymology 3

From un- + seen.

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