different between unassertive vs dormant

English

Etymology

un- +? assertive

Adjective

unassertive (comparative more unassertive, superlative most unassertive)

1. Not assertive

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• dormaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormi?ns, present participle of dormi? (“I sleep”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??m?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??m?nt/

Adjective

dormant (not comparable)

1. Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
2. (heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.

3. (architecture) Leaning.

Synonyms

• (inactive, suspended): quiescent; see also Thesaurus:inactive

Antonyms

• (inactive, suspended): active
• (volcano: inactive): active, extinct

Related terms

• dorm
• dormancy
• dormition
• dormitive
• dormitory

Translations

Noun

dormant (plural dormants)

1. (architecture) A crossbeam or joist.

Further reading

• dormant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• dormant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• dormant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• mordant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.m??/

Adjective

dormant (feminine singular dormante, masculine plural dormants, feminine plural dormantes)

1. dormant
2. asleep

Derived terms

• Belle au bois dormant

Verb

dormant

1. present participle of dormir

Further reading

• “dormant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• mordant

Norman

Verb

dormant

1. present participle of dormi