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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ur- /ʊə/

▶combining form primitive; original; earliest: urtext.

■ denoting someone or something regarded as embodying the basic or intrinsic qualities of a particular type: the modern ur-athlete.

– origin from Ger.

'ur-' also found in these Oxford entries:

aurochs - liquor - -or - shiur - uracil

Forum discussions with the word(s) "ur-" in the title:

does this forum correct ur essays?
Literary term for a recurrent scene (ur-scene?)
Rub it on ur/your face?
Tag ur it
ur so core!!
ur-document?
what comes natch-ur-lee

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