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undertexts

undertexts is the plural of undertext.

Meaning of undertext

Noun

undertext (plural undertexts)

  1. Text situated below overlying text, such as on a palimpsest.
    • The problem is that many of the letters in the undertext of the Palimpsest cannot be read, […]2007, Reviel Netz & William Noel, The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist, Da Capo Press (2007), unnamed page

Questions about undertexts

What is undertexts the plural of?
Undertexts is the plural of undertext.

Words near undertexts in the dictionary

  1. undertest
  2. undertested
  3. undertesting
  4. undertests
  5. undertext
  6. undertexts
  7. undertheorised
  8. undertheorize
  9. undertheorized
  10. undertheorizes
  11. undertheorizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: undertexts (page history and authors); undertext (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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