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undern

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-dern
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am).

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of noon: the sixth hour of daylight (12 pm).

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of afternoon.

British usage; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of evening.

British usage; Uncountable

noun

A light meal, particularly in the afternoon.

British usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English undern, ondern, from Old English undern (“third hour of the day; nine o'clock; morning”), from Proto-Germanic *undurniz (“interval”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥ter, *h₁enter (“between”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch onder, dialectal German Untern, dialectal Swedish undarn.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: undern, *undurniz, *h₁n̥ter

Usage

Inflected Forms

underne (alternative) undirn (alternative)

Derived Forms

andersmeat undermeal underntide undertide

Phrases

half undern high undern undern-bell undern-song undern-time whole undern

Synonyms

terce noon afternoon evening meridian sext arvo eventide snack

Questions

What does undern mean?
Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
Where does undern come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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