undull
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English undull, equivalent to un- (“not”) + dull.
Adjective
undull (comparative more undull, superlative most undull)
Etymology 2
Verb
undull (third-person singular simple present undulls, present participle undulling, simple past and past participle undulled)
- (transitive) To make less dull (various senses).
- 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:
- 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.
References
- “undull”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.