underdone

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Indo-European *h₂én

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi

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Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí

Proto-Indo-European *-ér

Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér

Proto-Germanic *under

Proto-West Germanic *undar

Old English under-

Middle English under-

English under-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Proto-Germanic *dōną

Proto-West Germanic *dōn

Old English dōn

Middle English don

English done

English underdone

From under- + done.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌn

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Adjective

underdone (comparative more underdone, superlative most underdone)

1. insufficiently cooked; undercooked
   • 1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 8, in Casino Royale, page 47:

     ‘Now,’ he turned back to the menu, ‘I myself will accompany Mademoiselle with the caviar, but then I would like a very small tournedos, underdone, with sauce Béarnaise and a cœur d’artichaut. […] ’

Translations

insufficiently cooked — see undercooked

Anagrams

• enrounded, roundened