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undern-times

undern-times is the plural of undern-time.

Meaning of undern-time

Noun

undern-time (usually uncountable, plural undern-times)

  1. (archaic, obsolete, rare, usually) The third hour of daylight (about 9 am); terce.
    • The undern time of day is said by some to be the third hour, or nine o'clock; and the repast then taken was called undermele.1811, Ben Jonson, Peter Whalley, The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, Printed from the Text, page 456

Questions about undern-times

What is undern-times the plural of?
Undern-times is the plural of undern-time.

Words near undern-times in the dictionary

  1. undermyelination
  2. undern
  3. undern-bell
  4. undern-song
  5. undern-time
  6. undern-times
  7. undernamed
  8. undernatant
  9. undernatants
  10. undernature
  11. underne

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