diswant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
diswant (third-person singular simple present diswants, present participle diswanting, simple past and past participle diswanted)
- (rare, nonstandard) To not want; to reject.
Noun[edit]
diswant (uncountable)
- (rare, nonstandard) The condition of not wanting something.
- 1978, Ruta Nagucka, Negatively Phrased Utterances in English: An Essay in Some Aspects of Negation Against the Historical Background, [1]
- The speaker uttering this sentence expresses his diswant to believe that somebody (i. e. he) experiences the state devoid of understanding […]
- 1978, Ruta Nagucka, Negatively Phrased Utterances in English: An Essay in Some Aspects of Negation Against the Historical Background, [1]