underplot

[ uhn-der-plot ]

/ ˈʌn dərˌplɒt /

noun

a plot subordinate to another plot, as in a novel.

Origin of underplot

First recorded in 1660–70; under- + plot

Words nearby underplot

underpinning, underpinnings, underpitch vault, underplant, underplay, underplot, underpopulated, underpowered, underpraise, underprice, underprivileged

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Example sentences from the Web for underplot

But the signs and footprints of their underplot are evident.
Abraham Lincoln, A History, Volume 2|John George Nicolay and John Hay
But however that may be, Endymion certainly had a peculiar fascination for him; we may even detect borrowings from the underplot.
John Lyly|John Dover Wilson
I fly, madam; but how will you disengage yourself from the affair with Underplot?
Three Hours after Marriage|John Gay
There is an underplot, far from moral in its character, which ends in the marriage of Belfond junior.
A History of Caricature and Grotesque|Thomas Wright

Underplot, un′dėr-plot, n. a plot under or subordinate to the main plot in a play or tale: a secret scheme, a trick.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for underplot

underplot

/ (ˈʌndəˌplɒt) /

noun

a subsidiary plot in a literary or dramatic work

an undercover plot

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单词	underplot
释义	underplot [ uhn-der-plot ] / ˈʌn dərˌplɒt / noun a plot subordinate to another plot, as in a novel. Origin of underplot First recorded in 1660–70; under- + plot Words nearby underplot underpinning, underpinnings, underpitch vault, underplant, underplay, underplot, underpopulated, underpowered, underpraise, underprice, underprivileged Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for underplot But the signs and footprints of their underplot are evident. Abraham Lincoln, A History, Volume 2\|John George Nicolay and John Hay But however that may be, Endymion certainly had a peculiar fascination for him; we may even detect borrowings from the underplot. John Lyly\|John Dover Wilson I fly, madam; but how will you disengage yourself from the affair with Underplot? Three Hours after Marriage\|John Gay There is an underplot, far from moral in its character, which ends in the marriage of Belfond junior. A History of Caricature and Grotesque\|Thomas Wright Underplot, un′dėr-plot, n. a plot under or subordinate to the main plot in a play or tale: a secret scheme, a trick. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)\|Various British Dictionary definitions for underplot underplot / (ˈʌndəˌplɒt) / noun a subsidiary plot in a literary or dramatic work an undercover plot Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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