Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disgrantle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-gran-tle
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dissent from an order granting rehearing en banc.

American usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"While dissentals are more common, judges on both this and other courts have, on occasion, penned dissents from the grant of en banc review. ... These disgrantles are understandably rare.... […] But because the Ninth Circuit’s peculiar en banc procedures do not guarantee participation in the en banc panel to all active judges, a disgrantle is the only guaranteed way a judge on this court can publicly explain why it was inappropriate for our court to take a particular case en banc."

Etymology

From dissental, by surface analysis, dis- + grant + -le.

Usage

American usage
Colloquial

Inflected Forms

disgrantles (plural)

Questions

What does disgrantle mean?: A dissent from an order granting rehearing en banc.
Where does disgrantle come from?: From dissental, by surface analysis, dis- + grant + -le.

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