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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unveiled en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English unveiled, vnueylyd, equivalent to un- + veil + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not wearing, or not covered by, a veil.
    • Irrespective of the legitimacy of their reasons, given that Westerners feel more comfortable around unveiled Muslims, if some women decide not to veil, then they can more subtly further the case of liberal Islam. 2008, Chris Hallinan, Steven J. Jackson, Social and Cultural Diversity in a Sporting World, page 62:

Deriveds

unveiledness · unveiledly

unveiled en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English unveiled, vnueylyd, equivalent to un- + veil + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of unveil
    form of unveil