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untraversed en · ADJ

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 traversed English untraversed From un- + traversed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That has not been traversed; unexplored.
    • In front of us the untraversed plain shone white as a new-laid tablecloth and dazzling even through a pair of smelter’s glasses. 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Part II, Chapter 8:
    • 1798, George Vancouver, A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, Volume I, Chapter II, p. 44, entry for 21 October, 1791, I was therefore compelled to relinquish, with great reluctance, the favorite project of further examining the coast of this unknown though interesting country; and, directing our route over an hitherto untraversed part of these seas, we proceeded without further delay towards the pacific ocean.