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incondite

[ in-kon-dit, -dahyt ]

adjective

  1. ill-constructed; unpolished:

    incondite prose.



incondite

/ -daɪt; ɪnˈkɒndɪt /

adjective

  1. poorly constructed or composed
  2. rough or crude
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • inˈconditely, adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of incondite1

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-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of incondite1

C17: from Latin inconditus, from in- 1+ conditus, from condere to put together
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Example Sentences

The question of arrangement had to be considered; I did not like to offer a mere incondite miscellany.

The Second had what I should call an oppressively incondite mind.

I have felt much for him, and on the morning I received your letter I poured forth these incondite rhymes.

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incondensablein condition