Undrenched

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not thoroughly soaked, drenched, or made wet by water or another liquid
2. Remaining dry or only lightly touched by rain, water, or other liquid
3. Describing something that has escaped being saturated or wetted through

Etymology: "Undrenched" is a plain formation: the prefix "un-", meaning "not", attached to "drenched," the past participle of "drench." Put together, it describes something that has not been soaked or thoroughly wetted. "Drench" itself comes from Old English "drencan," meaning to make something drink or to cause to drink, which is why the older sense of the word carried the idea of forcing liquid down an animal's throat. The "-ed" ending marks it as a past participle, so "drenched" describes the state of having been soaked through. Adding "un-" simply reverses that state, giving a word that means not yet soaked, or kept dry despite conditions that might have wet it.

Antonyms: drenched, soaked, sodden