unnear

English

Etymology

un- +‎ near

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʌnˈnɪə(ɹ)/

Preposition

unnear

  1. (chiefly obsolete) Not near; at a distance from.
    • 1612, John Davies of Hereford, The Muse's Sacrifice:
      Where the Earth was couer'd with her Floud, now Citties stand, vnneere the Oceans Brim.
    • 2000, Harry Guest, The Artist on the Artist:
      easy wheatfields of the Berry where Joseph was born (not unnear George Sand's beloved home at Nohant)

References
  • unnear in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams
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