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Unbeknownst is an irregular variant of the older unbeknown, which derives from beknown, an obsolete synonym of known. But for a word with a straightforward history, unbeknownst and the now less common unbeknown
have caused quite a stir among usage commentators. In spite of
widespread use (including appearances in the writings of Charles
Dickens, A. E. Housman, and E. B. White), the grammarian H. W. Fowler in
1926 categorized the two words as "out of use except in dialect or
uneducated speech." The following year, G. P. Krapp called them
"humorous, colloquial, and dialectal." Our evidence, however, shows that
both words are standard even in formal prose.
Examples of UNBEKNOWNST
"… Travis was the one who paid the bills—and he often used credit cards to cover them, unbeknownst to Vonnie."
— Penny Wrenn, Forbes.com, 9 Oct. 2013
"… Senate Bill 15, approved unanimously by that House committee Thursday, hopes to help homeowners who find themselves the victim of 'squatting'—people who illegally move into a home, often unbeknownst to the homeowner."
— Marianne Goodland, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado), 12 Apr. 2018
Test Your Vocabulary
Fill in the blanks to complete an adjective that means "not made known" or "not named or identified": _ n _ _ s _ l _ _ e _.
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