unnear

English

Etymology

un- +‎ near

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈnɪə(ɹ)/

Preposition

unnear

1. (chiefly obsolete) Not near; at a distance from.
   • 1612, John Davies of Hereford, The Muse's Sacrifice:

     Where the Earth was couer'd with her Floud, now Citties stand, vnneere the Oceans Brim.

   • 2000, Harry Guest, The Artist on the Artist:

     easy wheatfields of the Berry where Joseph was born (not unnear George Sand's beloved home at Nohant)

References

• “unnear”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• unearn