unpeated
|un-peat-ed|
/ʌnˈpiːtɪd/
(unpeat)
not treated with peat / lacking peat
Etymology
'unpeated' originates from English, specifically the negative prefix 'un-' (from Old English 'un-') combined with the noun 'peat' (from Old English 'pēat'), where 'un-' meant 'not' and 'peat' meant 'decayed vegetable matter used as fuel or soil.'
'peat' appears in Old English as 'pēat' and continued into Modern English as 'peat'; the native negative prefix 'un-' attached to form 'unpeat' and adjectival 'unpeated' developed in Modern English usage, especially in descriptions of whisky and soil.
Initially 'peat' referred to decayed vegetable matter; the negative construction simply meant 'not containing peat' and over time 'unpeated' became specialized to describe spirits without peat smoke and soils lacking peat.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
past participle form of 'unpeat' (to remove or not treat with peat); used chiefly as an adjectival past participle.
The batch was intentionally unpeated to emphasize fruity esters.
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Adjective 1
(of whisky or other spirits) not having been flavored or smoked with peat; lacking the smoky peat character.
This distillery also makes an unpeated version of their single malt.
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Adjective 2
(of land or soil) not consisting of or containing peat.
The area is mostly unpeated meadow rather than bog.
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Last updated: 2026/01/15 06:13