incomposite
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin incompositus. By surface analysis, in- + composite.
Adjective edit
incomposite (not comparable)
- Not composite; simple or single.
- Synonym: uncomposite
- (mathematics) Prime.
References edit
- “incomposite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
incompositus (“disorderly”) + -ē
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /in.komˈpo.si.teː/, [ɪŋkɔmˈpɔs̠ɪt̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.komˈpo.si.te/, [iŋkomˈpɔːs̬it̪e]
Adverb edit
incompositē (not comparable)
- in a disorderly manner
References edit
- “incomposite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incomposite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers