Incommodious, pronounced in-kuh-MOH-dee-uhs, is an adjective meaning inconvenient or uncomfortable. It derives from Latin roots related to convenience and measure.
Incommodious (in-kuh-MOH-dee-uhs) is an adjective meaning inconvenient or uncomfortable. It derives from Latin roots meaning 'with' and 'mode' or 'measure', related to words like 'comfortable' and 'modify'.
| Front | incommodious \in-kuh-MOH-dee-uhs\ |
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| Back | adjective Inconvenient or uncomfortable. From Latin commodus (convenient), from com- (with) + modus (mode, measure). Ultimately from the Indo-European root med- (to take appropriate measures), which is also the source of medicine, modern, modify, modest, modulate, discommode and incommode. Earliest documented use: 1551.] "An incommodious little wooden house is where this deaf teacher lived." - Tamara Eidelman; Kaluga's Rocket Scientist; Russian Life; (Montpelier, Vermont); Sep/Oct 2007. |
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