diswant

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ want

Verb

diswant (third-person singular simple present diswants, present participle diswanting, simple past and past participle diswanted)

1. (rare, nonstandard) To not want; to reject.

Noun

diswant (uncountable)

1. (rare, nonstandard) The condition of not wanting something.
   • 1978, Ruta Nagucka, Negatively Phrased Utterances in English: An Essay in Some Aspects of Negation Against the Historical Background, [1]

     The speaker uttering this sentence expresses his diswant to believe that somebody (i. e. he) experiences the state devoid of understanding […]

Anagrams

• WINDSAT, atwinds