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decomposite en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /diːˈkɒmpəzɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From de- + composite.

Meanings

  1. Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.
  2. decompound

Forms

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more decomposite Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most decomposite Degree=Sup lexicographic

decomposite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /diːˈkɒmpəzɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From de- + composite.

Meanings

  1. Anything decompounded.
    • decomposites of three metals or more 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

Forms

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decomposites Number=Plur lexicographic