unparched

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/ʌnˈpɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃt/

adjective

Dried up; withered by heat.

“unparched cornmeal”

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveunparched (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteDried up; withered by heat.

    My tongue […] unparch'd.

    a. 1649, Richard Crashaw, Psalm CXXXVII
  2. not comparableNot parched.

    unparched cornmeal

    1 more example

    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.

    1868, Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Greater Britain, volume 2, page 93

Origin

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

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APA

unparched. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unparched

MLA

“unparched.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unparched. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unparched,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unparched.

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