unsuspect

English

Etymology

un- +‎ suspect

Adjective

unsuspect (comparative more unsuspect, superlative most unsuspect)

1. Unsuspected; not subject to suspicion.
   • 1921, John Buchan, chapter 3, in The Path of the King‎^[1]:

     […] A pilgrim travels unsuspect, for who dare rob a holy man? and he is free from burgal dues; but if the goods be small and very precious, pilgrims may carry them."

2. Not suspect; trustworthy or reliable.
   • 1903, Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by J. M. Rigg, The Decameron, Volume II‎^[2], page 218:

     […] Thy honour, hitherto unsuspect, will be known to have been but a shew, and shouldst thou seek thy defence in lying excuses, if any such may be fashioned, the accursed scholar, who knows all thy doings, will not suffer it.

3. Unforeseen.
   • 1913, Maurice Hewlett, "Gnatho", in Helen Redeemed and Other Poems, Macmillan and Co., Limited (1913), page 189:

     For unsuspect, some dim forbidding

     Rose within him and knockt at his heart

Quotations

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