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underplotnoun
A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Underplotnoun
Etymology: under and plot.
In a tragi-comedy, there is to be but one main design; and though there be an underplot, yet it is subservient to the chief fable. John Dryden, Juvenal. Dedication to.
The husband is so misled by tricks, and so lost in a crooked intrigue, that he still suspects an underplot. Addison.
Webster Dictionary
Underplotnoun
a series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it
Underplotnoun
a clandestine scheme; a trick
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Underplot
un′dėr-plot, n. a plot under or subordinate to the main plot in a play or tale: a secret scheme, a trick.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of underplot in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of underplot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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