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unkent

unkent adjective: unknown; strange.

Adjective

unkent (comparative more unkent, superlative most unkent)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) unknown; strange
    • Go, little book, thyself present, As child whose parent is unkent, To him, that is the president Of nobleness and chivalrie.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC
    • as a swain unkent fed on the plains1613–1616, William Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. (please specify |book=1 or 2), London: […] George Norton

Forms of unkent

comparativemore unkent
superlativemost unkent

Origin of unkent

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

Questions about unkent

What does unkent mean?
Unkent means unknown; strange.
What part of speech is unkent?
Unkent is an adjective.

Words near unkent in the dictionary

  1. unkennelling
  2. unkennels
  3. unkenning
  4. unkenreflex
  5. unkens
  6. unkent
  7. unkept
  8. unkeratinized
  9. unkerchiefed
  10. unkerned
  11. unket

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