undull

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adjective

Not dull; sharp.

OriginMiddle English undull →
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Meanings

undull1

adjectiveundull (comparative more undull, superlative most undull)

comparative more undull · superlative most undull

  1. Not dull; sharp.

undull2

verbundull (third-person singular simple present undulls, present participle undulling, simple past and past participle undulled)

present singular third person undulls · participle present undulling · participle past undulled · past undulled

  1. transitiveTo make less dull (various senses).

    It is a most musicall Modulator of all Intelligibles by her inventive Variations, undulling their Grossenesse, and subliming it into more refined Acceptablenesse to our own, or others understandings.

    1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English

Origin

undull · adjective

  1. Middle Englishundull
  2. Englishundull

From Middle English undull, equivalent to un- (“not”) + dull.

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undull · verb

From un- + dull.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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