underverse

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/ˈʌndə(ɹ)vɜː(ɹ)s/

noun

The following or second verse.

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Meanings

underverse1

noununderverse (plural underverses)

plural underverses

  1. obsoleteThe following or second verse.

    Perigot maketh all hys song in prayse of his love, to whom Willy answereth every underverse.

    1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC

underverse2

noununderverse (plural underverses)

plural underverses

  1. literatureAn alternate universe located in some sense underneath the real one.

    With this insight they are able to understand this universe and the underverse. In the underverse, space and time are different due to the change in mass due to the feild generated to protect from the foreign opposite universe.

    2014, Eric Thompson, The Slave, The Sword and the Stars, page 237

Origin

underverse · noun

From under- + verse.

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underverse · noun

From under- + -verse.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

unreservedunreversedundeserverunderserve
Cite this entry
APA

underverse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underverse

MLA

“underverse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underverse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underverse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underverse.

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