predisposed
/pɹˌidɪspˈoʊzd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Made susceptible to.
verb
simple past and past participle of predispose
Example Sentences
- "Not only for the adult excluded from work because of his infirmity, but also for the child excluded from the school because of its being tuberculous or predisposed must suitable provision for its cure and education be provided in preventorial and open air schools, the value of which has already been emphasized."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English disposed English predisposed From pre- + disposed.
Inflected Forms
more predisposed (comparative)
most predisposed (superlative)