disert

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin disertus or French disert.

Adjective

disert (comparative more disert, superlative most disert)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Eloquent.
    • 1637, Jacob Verheiden, translated by Donald Lupton, The history of the moderne protestant divines, page 282:
      To John Foxe, his honoured Father, the faithfull Martyrologian [] a most disert searcher into the Antiquities of Histories []
    • 1661, Gabriel Naudé, translated by John Evelyn, Instructions concerning erecting of a library presented to my lord, the President De Mesme, page 45:
      [] not that they are better, or more disert and eloquent than those [sc. books] of this learned Scotchman []
    • 1675, Edward Sherburne, quoting Joseph Scaliger, “Preface”, in The sphere of Marcus Manilius made an English poem with annotations and an astronomical appendix:
      [] for whence [] can they better derive the Principles of that Science, than from this most Disert Poet []
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings.

Noun

disert (plural diserts)

  1. Obsolete spelling of desert.
  2. Obsolete spelling of dessert.

Verb

disert (third-person singular simple present diserts, present participle diserting, simple past and past participle diserted)

  1. Obsolete spelling of desert.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin disertus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

disert (feminine diserta, masculine plural diserts, feminine plural disertes)

  1. eloquent, loquacious

Further reading

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin disertus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.zɛʁ/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

disert (feminine diserte, masculine plural diserts, feminine plural disertes)

  1. eloquent, forthcoming
  2. talkative

Derived terms

Further reading

Paronyms

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

disert

  1. alternative form of desert (deserved)

Etymology 2

Noun

disert

  1. alternative form of desert (wilderness)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin disertus or French disert.

Adjective

disert m or n (feminine singular disertă, masculine plural diserți, feminine and neuter plural diserte)

  1. eloquent

Declension

Declension of disert
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite disert disertă diserți diserte
definite disertul diserta diserții disertele
genitive-
dative
indefinite disert diserte diserți diserte
definite disertului disertei diserților disertelor

References

  • disert in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN