unparched

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌnˈpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃt/

Adjective

unparched (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Dried up; withered by heat.
  2. Not parched.
    unparched cornmeal
    • 1868, Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Greater Britain, volume 2, page 93:
      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.

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