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unvented 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 vented English unvented From un- + vented.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not vented.
    • Anger unvented becomes pain, pain unspoken becomes rage 1986, Joseph Beam, “Brother to Brother: Words from the Heart”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 233: