Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unparched

/ʌnˈpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-parched
IPA: /ʌnˈpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃt/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dried up; withered by heat.

Obsolete

adj

Example Sentences

"My tongue […] unparch'd."
"unparched cornmeal"
"To one fresh from the baked Australian plains, there is likeness between any green and humid land and the last unparched country that he may have seen."

Etymology

From un- + parched. In the obsolete sense, un- functions as an intensifier.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

How do you pronounce unparched?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃt/.
What does unparched mean?: Dried up; withered by heat.
Where does unparched come from?: From un- + parched. In the obsolete sense, un- functions as an intensifier.

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