asynartete

See also: asynartète

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἀσυνάρτητος (asunártētos, “disconnected, incoherent”) from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) +‎ συναρτάω (sunartáō, “join or knit together”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ἀρτάω (artáō, “fasten or hang onto”), + -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ.sɪn.ˈɑː(ɹ).tit/
  • (General American) /ˌeɪ.sən.ˈɑɚ.tit/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tit

Adjective

asynartete (not comparable)

1. disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.
2. Being or relating to a verse of two members, having different rhythms, as for example when the first consists of iambuses and the second of trochees.

Noun

asynartete (plural asynartetes)

1. A verse of this kind.

Related terms

• asynartetic

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “asynartete”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)