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enisled

enisled adjective: placed alone or apart, as if on an island. Also the simple past and past participle of enisle.

Adjective

enisled (not comparable)

  1. Placed alone or apart, as if on an island.
    • YES! in the sea of life enisl’d, / With echoing straits between us thrown, / Dotting the shoreless watery wild, / We mortal millions live alone.1852, Matthew Arnold, To Marguerite: Continued
    • For Derrida, no isthmus, no bridge, no road, no communication or transfer, connects or can ever connect my enisled self to other selves.2007, W. J. Thomas Mitchell, The Late Derrida, page 58

Also used as

enisled is also the simple past and past participle of enisle.

Origin of enisled

From en- + isle + -ed.

Questions about enisled

What does enisled mean?
Enisled means placed alone or apart, as if on an island.
What part of speech is enisled?
Enisled is an adjective.

Words near enisled in the dictionary

  1. Enindilyakwa
  2. enioy
  3. enioys
  4. ENISA
  5. enisle
  6. enisled
  7. enisles
  8. enisling
  9. Eniwa
  10. Eniwetok
  11. Enix

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