un prunable
verb (used with object), pruned, prun·ing.
1.
to cut or lop off (twigs, branches, or roots).
2.
to cut or lop superfluous or undesired twigs, branches, or roots from; trim.
3.
to rid or clear of (anything superfluous or undesirable).
4.
to remove (anything considered superfluous or undesirable).
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English prouynen < Middle French proognier to prune (vines), variant of provigner, derivative of provain scion (< Latin propāgin-, stem of propāgō; see propagate)
1400–50; late Middle English prouynen < Middle French proognier to prune (vines), variant of provigner, derivative of provain scion (< Latin propāgin-, stem of propāgō; see propagate)
Related forms
prun·a·ble, adjective
prun·a·bil·i·ty, noun
prun·er, noun
un·prun·a·ble, adjective
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prune1 (pruːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a purplish-black partially dried fruit of any of several varieties of plum tree |
| 2. | slang chiefly (Brit) a dull, uninteresting, or foolish person |
| [C14: from Old French prune, from Latin prūnum plum, from Greek prounon] | |
| prune2 (pruːn) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to remove (dead or superfluous twigs, branches, etc) from (a tree, shrub, etc), esp by cutting off |
| 2. | to remove (anything undesirable or superfluous) from (a book, etc) |
| [C15: from Old French proignier to clip, probably from provigner to prune vines, from provain layer (of a plant), from Latin propāgo a cutting] | |
| 'prunable2 | |
| —adj | |
| 'pruner2 | |
| —n | |
| prune3 (pruːn) | |
| —vb | |
| an archaic word for preen | |
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Word Origin & History
prune
1345, from O.Fr. pronne "plum" (13c.), from V.L. *pruna, fem. sing. formed from L. pruna, neut. pl. of prunum "plum," by dissimilation from Gk. proumnon, from a language of Asia Minor. Slang meaning "disagreeable or disliked person" is from 1895.
prune
early 15c., prouyne, from O.Fr. proignier "cut back (vines), prune," of unknown origin, perhaps from Gallo-Romance *pro-retundiare "cut in a rounded shape in front," from pro- "forth" + *retundiare "round off," from L. rotundus (see round). The M.E. word may be via falconry
term proinen "trim the feather with the beak" (late 14c.), Related to preen (q.v.). Related: Pruned; pruning.
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