underthought
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
underthought
- simple past and past participle of underthink
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
underthought
- An unexpressed thought that lies below or informs another thought; a subtext or ulterior motive.
- 1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 32:
- "That all sounds respectably scientific but what is May's underthought."