uncleft

English

Etymology

un- +‎ cleft

Adjective

uncleft (not comparable)

  1. Not cleft.

Noun

uncleft (plural unclefts)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (puristic, nonstandard) atom
    • 1989, Poul Anderson, “Uncleftish Beholdings”, in Analogue:
      The firststuffs have their being as motes called unclefts [, which was thought to be] a hard thing that could be split no further.
    • 2011, Julian Montinaro, On the Fromth of the Lifekin, Lulu.com:
      [H]uge breaklings fall down [and] have to be worn away, uncleft by uncleft until lowered in size they can be rolled about by the waves[.]
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