Unparched

//ʌnˈpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃt// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Dried up; withered by heat. not-comparable, obsolete

    "My tongue […] unparch'd."

  2. 2
    Not parched. not-comparable

    "unparched cornmeal"

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

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

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