onzienlijk

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Dutch

Etymology

From on- +‎ zienlijk from Middle Dutch onsienlike, from Old Dutch onsienlijc (first attestation in 1240 A.D. in Limburg). [1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

onzienlijk (comparative onzienlijker, superlative onzienlijkst)

  1. invisible
  2. without being seen, rarely occurring
  3. (Archaic) ugly, unsightly,
    • c. 1602 Oost-Indische ende West-Indische Voyagien
      Als de luyden beginnen … oudt te worden, zijn dan niet fraey van persoone ofte van lichaem, maer zijn alles leelijck ende onsienelijc
      as people begin to become old, they are not then free of person and of body, but are all ugly and unsightly

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References

  1. ^ “onsienlijc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  2. ^ Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “onzienlijk”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
  3. ^ Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “onzijnlijk”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
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