decomposite

English

Etymology

de- +‎ composite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːˈkɒmpəzɪt/

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Adjective

decomposite (comparative more decomposite, superlative most decomposite)

1. Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.
2. (botany) decompound

Noun

decomposite (plural decomposites)

1. Anything decompounded.
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     decomposites of three metals or more

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “decomposite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Adjective

dēcomposite

1. vocative masculine singular of dēcompositus