underthought
English
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editunderthought
- simple past and past participle of underthink
Etymology 2
editNoun
editunderthought
- 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."