Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underthing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-thing
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An undergarment.

Example Sentences

"'Have you left your underthings off?' he asked her. 'Yes!' 'Ay, well, then I'll take my things off too.'"
"My wife would never dare to buy an underthing that was anything but white or black. She thought you had to be a hooker to wear colors."

Etymology

From under- + thing.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Inflected Forms

underthings (plural)

Questions

What does underthing mean?: An undergarment.
Where does underthing come from?: From under- + thing.

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