Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underplot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-plot
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.

noun

A secret scheme or trick.

verb

To form secret schemes or plots.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"I have not been able to discover the source of the very curious underplot of The Captives."
"Thus, again to quote Mr. Homer Smith, it has been held that 'In general the pastoral incidents serve as an underplot, utterly foreign in spirit to the main plot.'"

Etymology

From under- + plot.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

underplots (plural) underplots (present, singular) underplotting (participle, present) underplotted (participle, past) underplotted (past)

Derived Forms

underplotter

Questions

What does underplot mean?: A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.
Where does underplot come from?: From under- + plot.

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