hiddenness








adjective

  1. concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.

verb

  1. past participle of hide1.

verb

  1. a past participle of hide 1

adjective

  1. concealed or obscureda hidden cave; a hidden meaning
n.

late 14c., from hidden + -ness.

adj.

past participle of hide (v.1); a Middle English formation (Old English had gehydd “hidden”) on the model of ride/ridden, etc. Hidden persuaders (1957) was Vance Packard’s term for “ad men.”

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