hidden

Etymology

Morphologically hid + -en.

verb

  1. past participle of hide

adj

  1. Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.
    hidden treasure; hidden talents
    It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. 1892, James Yoxall, The Lonely Pyramid, chapter 7
    One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination. 2014-06-14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891
  2. Obscure.

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