underprint

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adjective

The addition of colour under black areas to produce a deeper black and prevent oversaturation of the paper.

OriginEnglish print ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectiveunderprint (comparative more underprint, superlative most underprint)

comparative more underprint · superlative most underprint

  1. mediaThe addition of colour under black areas to produce a deeper black and prevent oversaturation of the paper.
noununderprint (plural underprints)

plural underprints

  1. hobbiesPrinting underneath the main design of a stamp, intended to prevent forgery or removal of the postmark.
  2. considered incorrect usagehobbiesa logo or advertising printed on the underside of a stamp; backprint.
  3. geographyA fossilised print in the rock bed that is at a deeper level than the track the creature leaving it was actually travelling on; caused by the pressure of a heavy animal or penetration of the sediment by a pointed appendage.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishprint
  13. Englishunderprint

From under- + print.

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APA

underprint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underprint

MLA

“underprint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underprint. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underprint,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underprint.

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