dissite

English

Etymology

From Latin dissitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈsaɪt/

Adjective

dissite (comparative more dissite, superlative most dissite)

1. (obsolete) Lying apart.
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:

     lands far dissite and remote asunder

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “dissite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• disties

Latin

Participle

dissite

1. vocative masculine singular of dissitus