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undawning

undawning adjective: that does not dawn.

Adjective

undawning (not comparable)

  1. (poetic) That does not dawn.
    • Thou hold'st the sun
      A pris'ner in the yet undawning East,
      Short'ning his journey between morn and noon […]1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC

Origin of undawning

From un- + dawning.

Questions about undawning

What does undawning mean?
Undawning means that does not dawn.
What part of speech is undawning?
Undawning is an adjective.

Words near undawning in the dictionary

  1. undauntedly
  2. undauntedness
  3. undaunting
  4. undauntingly
  5. undawned
  6. undawning
  7. undazed
  8. undazzle
  9. undazzled
  10. undazzles
  11. undazzling

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