unbewised

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ be- +‎ wised, perhaps modelled after German unbewusst (“unconscious, unwitting, involuntary”) or German unbewiesen (“unproven, unverified”). Compare also Dutch onbewijst (“unproven, unverified”).

Adjective

unbewised (comparative more unbewised, superlative most unbewised)

  1. (nonce word) Unconscious; unproven.
    • 1990, Dennis J. Schmidt, Hermeneutics and the Potic Motion:
      Can the polysemic and nomadic meanings of a text such as the Qur'an overcome the unbewised efforts to reduce it to monologic decree?
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