Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underripe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-ripe
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Insufficiently ripe for harvesting or eating.

Example Sentences

"The underripe pears tasted fine, but were still a little crunchy."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English ripe English underripe From under- + ripe.

Inflected Forms

more underripe (comparative) most underripe (superlative) underipe (alternative) under-ripe (alternative)

Derived Forms

underripeness

Questions

What does underripe mean?: Insufficiently ripe for harvesting or eating.
Where does underripe come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English ripe English underripe From under- + ripe.

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