Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diswant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-want
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To not want; to reject.

noun

The condition of not wanting something.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1978, Ruta Nagucka, Negatively Phrased Utterances in English: An Essay in Some Aspects of Negation Against the Historical Background, https://books.google.com/books?id=7KYIAQAAIAAJ&q=%22his+diswant%22&dq=%22his+diswant%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiirtzlg9jiAhUSMH0KHSMjAFsQ6AEIKjAA The speaker uttering this sentence expresses his diswant to believe that somebody (i. e. he) experiences the state devoid of understanding […]"

Etymology

From dis- + want.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dis

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

diswants (present, singular) diswanting (participle, present) diswanted (participle, past) diswanted (past)

Questions

What does diswant mean?: To not want; to reject.
Where does diswant come from?: From dis- + want.

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