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unreal

adj
/ʌnˈɹi.əl/

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 *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real English unreal From un- + real.

  1. derived from real English real English unreal From un- + real
  2. derived from reelbor
  3. derived from *-ālis Late Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder✻
  4. derived from *reis Late Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der✻

Definitions

  1. Not real or substantial

    Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.

    • The word ‘ivory’ rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse. By Jove! I’ve never seen anything so unreal in my life.
    • "The Boy's Uncle made me Real," he said. "That was a great many years ago; but once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."

  2. very impressive

    very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.

    • The video includes unreal footage of an eight-metre wave.
    • I just had an unreal hamburger.
    • He stops his cab at every traffic light, unrolls his window and calls out to the other drivers: "I've got a movie star in the car! Follow me down to see her come out. She is unreal, man! I am in seventh heaven! I have a dream!"

The neighborhood

Derived

unreal mode

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unreal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01unreal02life03alive04busy05great06fantastic07fanciful

A definitional loop anchored at unreal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at unreal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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