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unknowen

unknowen is the obsolete form of unknown.

Meaning of unknown

Adjective

unknown (comparative more unknown, superlative most unknown)

  1. (postpositional, sometimes) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
    • The concept has existed since times unknown.
    Antonyms:
    well-known, famous, known

See all 4 meanings of unknown

Forms of unknowen

comparativemore unknowen
superlativemost unknowen

Questions about unknowen

What is unknowen the obsolete form of?
Unknowen is the obsolete form of unknown.

Words near unknowen in the dictionary

  1. unknowability
  2. unknowable
  3. unknowableness
  4. unknowables
  5. unknowably
  6. unknowen
  7. unknowing
  8. unknowingly
  9. unknowingness
  10. unknowings
  11. unknowledge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unknowen (page history and authors); unknown (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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