unessential

adj

Etymology

From un- + essential.

  1. derived from essentia
  2. borrowed from essentiālis
  3. prefixed as unessential — “un + essential

Definitions

  1. Not essential.

    • “[…] strangeness is not in the nature of a thing, but in its relation to something extrinsic—in this case an unessential observer.”
  2. Void of essence, or real being.

    • These [gates] past, if any pass, the void profound Of unessential Night receives him next Wide gaping, and with utter loss of being Threatens him,
    • […] even before the Heavens, before those material Orbs, that now rowl over us, were call’d from the dark, and profound Abyss of unessential Nothing:

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA