dissociable
English
Etymology
Latin dissociabilis, from dissociare: compare French dissociable. See dissociate.
Adjective
dissociable (comparative more dissociable, superlative most dissociable)
- Able to be dissociated, divided or separated.
- Not well associated or assorted; incongruous.
- 1711 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “SATURDAY, March 3, 1710–1711”, in The Spectator, number 3; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697, page 96:
- They came in two and two, though matched in the most dissociable manner.
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- Having a tendency to dissolve social connections; unsuited to society; unsociable.
French
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Further reading
- “dissociable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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