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unparched

/ʌnˈpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃt/

unparched adjective: dried up; withered by heat.

Adjective

unparched (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Dried up; withered by heat.
    • My tongue […] unparch'd.a. 1649, Richard Crashaw, Psalm CXXXVII
  2. Not parched.
    • unparched cornmeal
    • To one fresh from the baked Australian plains, there is likeness between any green and humid land and the last unparched country that he may have seen.1868, Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Greater Britain, volume 2, page 93

Origin of unparched

From un- + parched. In the obsolete sense, un- functions as an intensifier.

Questions about unparched

What does unparched mean?
Unparched means dried up; withered by heat.
What part of speech is unparched?
Unparched is an adjective.
How do you pronounce unparched?
Unparched is pronounced /ʌnˈpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃt/.

Words near unparched in the dictionary

  1. unparcellated
  2. unparcelled
  3. unparcelling
  4. unparcels
  5. unparch
  6. unparched
  7. unparches
  8. unparching
  9. unparchmented
  10. unparchmentized
  11. unpardonability

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