undescript

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ descript; c.f. nondescript.

Adjective

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undescript (comparative more undescript, superlative most undescript)

  1. (nonstandard) Nondescript.
    • 1866, Mrs. William Pitt Byrne, Cosas de España, page 44:
      [A]n English traveller [] says that "he raises his feathers on his head in the form of a crest; he is mixed black and white; the tail distinguished by four cinereous parallel stripes; and he is an undescript bird, not noticed by Linnæus."
    • 1992 July 4, Patrick Rannou, “ADMIN: Magic Weapon Wanted”, in alt.pub.dragons-inn[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-12:
      A undescript man hears Brycurs plea, and turns towanrd him:
      "A magic shop? Oh, yeah, just turn the next 18th corner, go south until you reach a field with pink elephants, chicken with teeth, and flying cows. It's just on the other side of the street..."
    • 1999 May 11, wtshaw, “Clinton Admin. Refuses Questions About Joint PLA/CIA Bases”, in alt.politics.org.cia[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-12:
      It could have taken one undescript person with the equivalent of an eraser and the ability to change a map to cause the events to unfurl in Belgrade.
    • 2001 February 26, mythuselah, “MUSIC VIDEOS”, in alt.music.depeche-mode[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-12:
      I'll just leave this vague and undescript because it give it a personal feel, to know that I am talking to each and everyone of you Depeche Mode fans out there!
    • 2002 January 16, Bob Simmons, “Some of my thoughts to a friend of mine today please discuss”, in talk.atheism[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-12:
      So the assertion that man's mythology and the creation (and further modification of) a belief in a deity cannot be refuted as the folly of a species on an undescript planet as illogical? Then refuting any created idea of the recently spawned (claim of) self consciousness by said species on this undescript planet is illogical. Wouldn't you agree?

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