English Explanatory Dictionary

unsense

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Lack or absence of sense; senselessness; nonsense.
verb
  1. To remove or deprive of the senses; cause to be insensible.

Word forms

unsense unsenses unsensing unsensed

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- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentjō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English unsense From un- (“absence of, lack of”) + sense.

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