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) IPA^(key): /in.komˈpo.si.teː/, [ɪŋkɔmˈpɔs̠ɪt̪eː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.komˈpo.si.te/, [iŋkomˈpɔːs̬it̪e]

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

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