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dissite

/dɪˈsaɪt/

dissite adjective: lying or situated apart.

Adjective

dissite (comparative more dissite, superlative most dissite)

  1. (obsolete) Lying or situated apart.
    • lands far dissite and remote asunder1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....

Forms of dissite

comparativemore dissite
superlativemost dissite

Origin of dissite

From Latin dissitus.

Questions about dissite

What does dissite mean?
Dissite means lying or situated apart.
What part of speech is dissite?
Dissite is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dissite?
Dissite is pronounced /dɪˈsaɪt/.

Words near dissite in the dictionary

  1. dissipativeness
  2. dissipativities
  3. dissipator
  4. dissipators
  5. dissipatory
  6. dissite
  7. disslander
  8. disso
  9. dissociabilities
  10. dissociability
  11. dissociable

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