unrisen
- adjective
- /ʌnˈraɪzən/
- The children were still unrisen when their mother called them for breakfast.
Examples
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He remained unrisen long after the alarm had sounded.
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The children remained unrisen in their beds this morning.
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She felt peaceful and unrisen as the morning light filled the room.
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He was still unrisen when I called him.
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He remained unrisen in bed even after the sun was up.
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The children were still unrisen when their mother checked on them.
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She felt content and unrisen as she snuggled under the warm blankets.
Synonyms
Something that has not happened or started yet
How Awake
Surface Forms
Morphology
unrisen = risen (transparent) = un + rise + en
The negation 'un-' added to the past-participle 'risen' yields a literal negative meaning ('not risen' = not got up); learners who know 'rise/risen' will infer this.
Etymology
Unrisen comes from the prefix un- 'not' and the verb rise 'to get up'. So unrisen means 'not yet got up' and is used for someone still lying in bed.