Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-date
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

undated; rising and falling in waves

noun

A casual meeting arranged between two people that may resemble a date (romantic outing) but is not intended as one.

Informal

Example Sentences

"[…] an undate, all you're really doing is hanging out with a new acquaintance for a few hours."
"[…] suggest an undate if he asks you out. Guys will normally welcome the idea […]"
"Why does this keep happening to me ? Did I do something to make him think it was a date? I had insisted that this meeting was not a date largely because of the numerous surprise 'undates' I'd found myself on in the past."

Etymology

From Latin undātus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Root: *wed-, undātus

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more undate (comparative) most undate (superlative) undates (plural)

Questions

What does undate mean?: undated; rising and falling in waves
Where does undate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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