unbewised

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un- +‎ be- +‎ wised, perhaps modelled after German unbewusst (unconscious, unwitting, involuntary) or German unbewiesen (unproven, unverified). Compare also Dutch onbewijst (unproven, unverified).

Adjective[edit]

unbewised (comparative more unbewised, superlative most unbewised)

  1. (nonce word) Unconscious; unproven.
    • 1990, Dennis J. Schmidt, Hermeneutics and the Potic Motion:
      Can the polysemic and nomadic meanings of a text such as the Qur'an overcome the unbewised efforts to reduce it to monologic decree?