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incondite
[ in-kon-dit, -dahyt ]
incondite
/ -daɪt; ɪnˈkɒndɪt /
adjective
- poorly constructed or composed
- rough or crude
Derived Forms
- inˈconditely, adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of incondite1
Word History and Origins
Origin of incondite1
Example Sentences
‘I had rather hear my mother’s cat mew, or a wheel grate on the axletree, than one of these same metre-ballad-mongers’ chaunt his incondite, retrograde lays, without rhyme and without reason.
Incondite, in-kon′dīt, adj. not well put together, irregular, unfinished.
The hut was, however, distinguished from its fellow hovels, by a sashed window on one side of the door, a most incondite picture of a bottle and glass on the other, and a stone lintel, bearing, in characters of no modern shape, the following inscription:— 16..W.M.T.
Willymot had translated Lord Bacon’s “Essays” from the Latin, and thus substituted his own loose incondite sentences, which he deemed “more fashionable language,” for the brilliancy or the energy of Lord Bacon’s native vein.
God must have tipped him off ... the incondite ravings of a mischief maker.
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