Uncovered, revealed, or exposed; not concealed or hidden.
From Old French 'descovert,' meaning uncovered. It comes from the verb découvrir (des- + couvrir), literally meaning to remove cover, with the -t ending creating an adjective form.
This old word 'discovert' appears in Middle English texts meaning 'naked' or 'unprotected,' and it's the ancestor of our modern word 'discovered'—showing how medieval writers used it for both literal and figurative uncovering!
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