- beknown
- beknown /bi-nōnˈ/ (archaic or dialect)adjectiveKnownORIGIN: ↑be- (1)
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well-beknown — adj. * * * … Universalium
well-beknown — adj … Useful english dictionary
unbeknownst — also unbeknown adjective Etymology: 1un + obsolete English beknown known; unbeknownst, irregular from unbeknown Date: 1636 1. happening or existing without the knowledge of someone specified usually used with to < unbeknownst to us rumors were… … New Collegiate Dictionary
unbeknown — /un bi nohn /, adj. unknown; unperceived; without one s knowledge (usually fol. by to). Also, unbeknownst /un bi nohnst /. [1630 40; UN 1 + beknown (late ME beknowe, ptp. of beknowen); see BE , KNOWN] * * * … Universalium
unbeknown — adjective Not beknown … Wiktionary
beknow — c.1300, to become acquainted with; to be aware or conscious of, from BE (Cf. be ) + KNOW (Cf. know). Related: Beknown; beknowing … Etymology dictionary
unbeknown — (adj.) 1630s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + beknown (see BEKNOW (Cf. beknow)) … Etymology dictionary
unbeknown — (also unbeknownst) adjective (unbeknown to) without the knowledge of. Origin C17: from un 1 + archaic beknown known … English new terms dictionary
unbeknown — un•be•known [[t]ˌʌn bɪˈnoʊn[/t]] also un•be•knownst [[t] ˈnoʊnst[/t]] adj. unknown; without one s knowledge (usu. fol. by to) • Etymology: 1630–40; un I+beknown (late ME beknowe, ptp. of beknowen); see be , known … From formal English to slang
unbeknown — adj. (also unbeknownst) (foll. by to) without the knowledge of (was there all the time unbeknown to us). Etymology: UN (1) + beknown (archaic) = KNOWN … Useful english dictionary
