condite
English
Etymology
From Latin condītus, past participle of condīre (“to preserve, pickle, season”). Related to condiment. See also recondite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒndaɪt/
Verb
condite (third-person singular simple present condites, present participle conditing, simple past and past participle condited)
- (obsolete, transitive) To pickle; to preserve.
- to condite pears, quinces, etc.
- 1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying:
- condite the bodies
Adjective
condite (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Preserved; pickled.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 2, subsection i:
- Such are puddings stuffed with blood, or otherwise composed; baked meats, soused indurate meats, fried and broiled, buttered meats, condite, powdered and over-dried;
Noun
condite (countable and uncountable, plural condites)
- (obsolete) A preserve
References
- “condite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
condite
- inflection of condire:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
condite f pl
- feminine plural of condito
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
condīte
- second-person plural present active imperative of condiō
Verb
condite
- second-person plural present active imperative of condō
References
- "condite", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Spanish
Verb
condite