undertide
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English underntid, equivalent to undern + tide.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
undertide (plural undertides)
- (obsolete) Synonym of undern: originally terce and the morning, later (UK dialect obsolete) noon and the early afternoon.
Synonyms[edit]
- (terce): 9 a.m.
- (morning): morn, matin; see also Thesaurus:morning
- (noon): meridian, sext; see also Thesaurus:midday
- (early afternoon): arvo; see also Thesaurus:afternoon
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
undertide (plural undertides)
- Synonym of undercurrent.
References[edit]
- "undern-tide, n.", and "undertide, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.