different between disposition vs indoles

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)

1. The way in which something or someone is disposed or disposed of (in any sense of those terms); thus:
   1. Control over something, or the results produced by the exercise of such control; thus:
      1. The arrangement or placement of certain things.
      2. 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.

      3. (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.

         Synonyms: assignment, conveyance

      4. (law) Final decision or settlement.

      5. (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.

      6. (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.

   2. Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.

   3. Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.

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Translations

Verb

disposition (third-person singular simple present dispositions, present participle dispositioning, simple past and past participle dispositioned)

1. To remove or place in a different position.

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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

1. Genitive singular form of dispositio.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dispositi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.po.zi.sj??/

Noun

disposition f (plural dispositions)

1. arrangement; layout
2. disposal; the ability or authority to use something
3. step; arrangement; measure
4. 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)

1. arrangement; layout

English

Etymology 1

Plural of indole.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd??lz/

Noun

indoles

1. plural of indole

Etymology 2

From Latin indol?s (“inborn quality, nature”), from indu- (“within, in”) + ol- (“to grow”) (an affix also found in abolish and adolescent).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd???li?z/

Noun

indoles (uncountable)

1. Natural disposition; innate character; unalterable intrinsic traits and qualities (collectively).
   • 1673, Obadiah Walker, Of education, especially of young gentlemen, page 93:

     He must be treated as the Brachmans did their children, whose indoles they disliked.

   • 1677, Sir Matthew Hale, The primitive origination of mankind, page 160:

     Such is the indoles of the Humane Nature, where it is not strangely over-grown with Barbarousness.

   • 1882 July, in The Quarterly Review, page 214:

     Every language has its own ‘indoles’.

References

Anagrams

• Leonids, Liendos, dienols, dolines, elonids, lensoid, olenids, solenid, sondeli

Latin

Etymology

From indu- (“in”) + *ol?s (“growth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?in.do.le?s/, [??n?d????e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?in.do.les/, [?in?d??l?s]

Noun

indol?s f (genitive indolis); third declension

1. innate or inborn quality; nature
2. natural ability; talent

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Descendants

• Italian: indole
• Portuguese: índole
• Spanish: índole

References

• indoles in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• indoles in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• indoles in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• indoles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.