underthought
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
underthought
- simple past and past participle of underthink
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
underthought
- An unexpressed thought that lies below or informs another thought; a subtext or ulterior motive.
- 1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 32:
- "That all sounds respectably scientific but what is May's underthought."