undotted

English

Etymology

un- +‎ dotted

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtɪd

Adjective

undotted (not comparable)

1. Lacking dots
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XVIII, [1]

     […] nothing save the limitless expanse of ocean undotted by a solitary sail stretched out before me.

   • 2006, Harald Motzki, “Alternative Accounts of the Qur’ān's formation”, in Jane Dammen McAuliffe, editor, The Cambridge Companion to the Qur’ān, Cambridge University Press, page 69:

     Luxenberg then returns to the undotted form (rasm) of the word to determine whether another reading (dotting) of it produces an Arabic or Aramaic word or root that makes more sense.

Usage notes

• Used especially to describe forms of the Arabic script.