asynartete

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.
  2. Being or relating to a verse of two members, having different rhythms, as for example when the first consists of iambuses and the second of trochees.
noun
  1. A verse of this kind.

Pronunciation

/ˌeɪ.sɪnˈɑː(ɹ).tit/

Word forms

asynartete asynartetes

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἀσυνάρτητος (asunártētos, “disconnected, incoherent”) from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + συναρτάω (sunartáō, “join or knit together”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ἀρτάω (artáō, “fasten or hang onto”), + -τος (-tos).

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