underdone
English
Etymology
under- + done
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌn
Adjective
underdone (comparative more underdone, superlative most underdone)
- insufficiently cooked; undercooked
- 1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 8, in Casino Royale, page 47:
- ‘Now,’ he turned back to the menu, ‘I myself will accompany Mademoiselle with the caviar, but then I would like a very small tournedos, underdone, with sauce Béarnaise and a cœur d’artichaut. […] ’
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Translations
insufficiently cooked — see undercooked
Anagrams
- enrounded, roundened