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un⋅be⋅known

[uhn-bi-nohn]
–adjective
unknown; unperceived; without one's knowledge (usually fol. by to).
Also, un⋅be⋅knownst [uhn-bi-nohnst] .


Origin:
1630–40; un- 1 + beknown (late ME beknowe, ptp. of beknowen); see be-, known
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