unrising

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ rising

Adjective[edit]

unrising (not comparable)

  1. That does not rise.
    • 1982, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Compass Rose:
      I thought of it as very empty, very quiet, all white and blue, with a faint golden glow northward from the unrising sun behind the long peak of Mount Erebus.