incomposite

English

Etymology

From Latin incompositus. By surface analysis, in- +‎ composite.

Adjective

incomposite (not comparable)

1. Not composite; simple or single.

   Synonym: uncomposite

2. (mathematics) Prime.

References

• “incomposite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

incompositus (“disorderly”) +‎ -ē

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.komˈpo.si.teː/, [ɪŋkɔmˈpɔs̠ɪt̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.komˈpo.si.te/, [iŋkomˈpɔːs̬it̪e]

Adverb

incompositē (not comparable)

1. in a disorderly manner

References

• “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