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disposition
English
Alternative forms
- dispotion (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English disposicioun, from Middle French disposition, from Latin dispositi?nem, accusative singular of dispositi?, from disp?n?; analysable as dispose +? -ition. Doublet of dispositio.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?s.p??z?.??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d?s.p??z?.??n/
Noun
disposition (countable and uncountable, plural dispositions)
- The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
- Control over something, or the results produced by the exercise of such control; thus:
- The arrangement or placement of certain things.
- Control over something, especially with regard to disposing or dispensing with an action item (disposal of a concern, allocation of disbursed funds) or control over the arrangement or placement of certain things.
- (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
- Synonyms: assignment, conveyance
- (law) Final decision or settlement.
- (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment, especially after emergency triage, first line treatment, or surgery; the choice made for the next venue of care.
- (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
- The arrangement or placement of certain things.
- Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
- Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
- Control over something, or the results produced by the exercise of such control; thus:
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
disposition (third-person singular simple present dispositions, present participle dispositioning, simple past and past participle dispositioned)
- To remove or place in a different position.
Related terms
Danish
Noun
disposition c (singular definite dispositionen, plural indefinite dispositioner)
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Declension
Further reading
- “disposition” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
Noun
disposition
- Genitive singular form of dispositio.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dispositi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.po.zi.sj??/
Noun
disposition f (plural dispositions)
- arrangement; layout
- disposal; the ability or authority to use something
- step; arrangement; measure
- disposition; tendency
Related terms
- disposer
- dispositif
Descendants
- ? Romanian: dispozi?ie
Further reading
- “disposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dispositi?.
Noun
disposition f (oblique plural dispositions, nominative singular disposition, nominative plural dispositions)
- arrangement; layout
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cacoethes
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caco?thes, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kako?th?s, “ill-disposed”) from ????? (kakós, “bad”) + ???? (êthos, “disposition, nature”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kak???i??i?z/
- Hyphenation: ca?co?e?thes
Noun
cacoethes (plural cacoethe)
- Compulsion; mania.
- (medicine, obsolete) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with cacoethics (“bad ethics or morals; bad habits”).
Alternative forms
- cacoëthes
Derived terms
- cacoethic
- cacoethical
- cacoethically
Translations
Anagrams
- coteaches
Latin
Etymology
Ancient Greek ???????? (kakó?thes), the neuter form of ???????? (kako?th?s, “ill-disposed”), from ????? (kakós, “bad”) + ???? (êthos, “disposition, nature”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.ko?e?.t?es/, [käko?e?t???s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.ko?e.tes/, [k?k????t??s]
Noun
caco?thes n (genitive caco?this); third declension
- A malignant tumour or disease.
- Mania, especially for writing.
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem).
References
- cacoethes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cacoethes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cacoethes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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