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untarred en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tarred English untarred From un- + tarred.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not tarred.
   • untarred rope
   • When the untarred road ended, he turned into a footpath. 2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 311:

untarred en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of untar
   form of untar