unforeknown

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ foreknown

Adjective[edit]

unforeknown (not comparable)

  1. Not known in advance.
    • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost[1]:
      Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault, / Which had no less proved certain unforeknown.
    • 1912, May Sinclair, The Three Bront[2]:
      And, no doubt, it was destiny of a sort, unforeknown, deceitful, apparently malignant, that sent Charlotte back again to Brussels after her aunt's death.