unfelt

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English felt

English unfelt

From un- + felt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈfɛlt/
• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Adjective

unfelt (comparative more unfelt, superlative most unfelt)

1. Not felt or experienced; without feeling or sensing.
   • 1785, William Cowper, “Book V. The Winter Morning Walk.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson;  […], →OCLC, page 221:

     Thine eye ſhall be inſtructed, and thine heart / Made pure, ſhall reliſh vvith divine delight / 'Till then unfelt, vvhat hands divine have vvrought.

   • 1899, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (transl.), The New Life (La Vita Nuova) of Dante Alighieri, Siddall edition, page 104.

     I felt a spirit of love begin to stir
     Within my heart, long time unfelt till then;

2. Insincere.

Related terms

• feel
• unfeeling

Translations

not felt or experienced

insincere — see insincere

Anagrams

• fluent, netful