dislocate
/dɪsˈloʊkeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To emotionally jar, unsettle, or disorient.
verb
To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.
Example Sentences
- "Jarman is out to shock us, not only with some explicit sexuality (as much as he can get away with and still have his film funded by the BBC) but also with a dislocating juxtaposition of historical detail and sensibility."
- "Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English locate English dislocate From dis- + locate.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɪsˈloʊkeɪt/
- British English: /dɪsləʊˈkeɪt/