incomposite
English
Etymology
From Latin incompositus. By surface analysis, in- + composite.
Adjective
incomposite (not comparable)
- Not composite; simple or single.
- Synonym: uncomposite
- (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): [ɪŋ.kɔmˈpɔ.sɪ.teː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iŋ.komˈpɔː.s̬i.t̪e]
Adverb
incompositē (not comparable)
- 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