untrod

U1N1T1R1O1D2

adjective

Not previously walked; not previously explored or investigated.

“The explorer set out to walk untrod paths in the virgin forest, to be the first human to see what was over the horizon.”

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pathlessroadlesstracklessuntrackeduntroddeninaccessibleunaccessible
OriginEnglish trod ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuntrod (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot previously walked; not previously explored or investigated.

    The explorer set out to walk untrod paths in the virgin forest, to be the first human to see what was over the horizon.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelacking pathways

Similar
pathlessroadlesstracklessuntrackeduntroddeninaccessibleunaccessible
Also see
pathlessroadlesstracklessuntrackeduntrodden

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishtrod
  9. Englishuntrod

From un- + trod.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

rotundDutron
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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