incommode
/ˌɪnkəˈmoʊd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make (someone) uncomfortable; to discomfort, to disturb, to trouble.
Formal; Transitive verb
verb
To cause (someone or something) inconvenience; to hinder, to impede, to inconvenience, to obstruct.
Formal; Transitive verb
noun
Something which causes inconvenience or trouble; a bother, an incommodity, an inconvenience.
Formal; Obsolete; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "[T]heir Minds are ſo tender and effeminate, that they cannot bear the leaſt Air of Trouble vvithout Diſturbance; and vvhat vvould be a Diverſion to a couragious Soul, grieveth and incommodeth them."
- "O true believers, enter not the houſes of the prophet, unleſs it be permitted you to eat meat with him, without waiting his convenient time: but when ye are invited, then enter. And when ye ſhall have eaten, diſperſe yourſelves; and ſtay not to enter into familiar diſcourſe: for this incommodeth the prophet."
- "You can't agree as to any time, Mrs. Moore, vvhen vve can have this third room, can you?—Not that (vvhiſper'd I, loud enough to be heard in the next room; Not that) I vvould incommode the lady: But I vvould tell my vvife vvhenabouts— […]"
- "[H]e ſat ſolitary and penſive vvith his pipe—looking at his lame leg—then vvhiffing out a ſentimental heigh ho! vvhich mixing vvith the ſmoak, incommoded no one mortal."
- "The dwarf suffered inexpressibly on all sides; but the thing which incommoded him most, was a tall corpulent German, near seven feet high, who stood directly betwixt him and all possibility of his seeing either the stage or the actors."
- "No sooner was her answer dispatched, than Mrs. Dashwood indulged herself in the pleasure of announcing to her son-in-law and his wife that she was provided with a house, and should incommode them no longer than till every thing were ready for her inhabiting it."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from French incommoder (“to bother, disconcert, incommode”), from Latin incommodāre, the present active infinitive of incommodō (“to inconvenience”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + commodō (“to accommodate, adapt; to bestow, provide; to hire, lend”) (from com- (a variant of con- (prefix indicating completeness or intensification)) + modō (the ablative or singular of modus (“manner, method, way; bound, limit; measure”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”))). The English word is analysable as in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + commode (“(archaic or obsolete) to provide (someone or something) with an appropriate, suitable, or necessary thing; to meet the requirements of (someone or something), suit; to repair (something)”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɪnkəˈmoʊd/
- British English: /ˌɪnkəˈməʊd/
Usage
Inflected Forms
incommodes (present, singular)
incommoding (participle, present)
incommoded (participle, past)
incommoded (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
incommoded (first person, past)
incommodest (archaic, present)
incommoded (past, second person)
incommodedst (archaic, past)
incommodeth (archaic, present)
incommoded (past, singular)