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unknown (adj.)
c.1300, "strange, unfamiliar" (of persons, places), from
un-
(1) "not" + pp. of
know
. Cf. O.E.
ungecnawen
. In ref. to facts, attested from early 14c. The noun meaning "unknown person" is recorded from 1590s.
