incondite

American  

[in-kon-dit, -dahyt] / ɪnˈkɒn dɪt, -daɪt /

adjective

1. ill-constructed; unpolished.

   incondite prose.

2. crude; rough; unmannerly.

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incondite British  

/ -daɪt, ɪnˈkɒndɪt /

adjective

1. poorly constructed or composed

2. rough or crude

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Other Word Forms

• inconditely adverb

Etymology

Origin of incondite

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin inconditus, equivalent to in- “un-” + conditus, past participle of condere “to put in, restore” ( con- “with, together” + -di- “to put, set” + -tus past participle suffix); in- ³, con-

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Incondite, in-kon′dīt, adj. not well put together, irregular, unfinished.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

To Perkins he wrote: "Restrain my adjectives, by all means, discipline my adverbs, moderate the technical extravagances of my incondite exuberance, but don't derail the train, don't take the Pacific Limited and switch it down the siding towards Hogwart Junction."

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