disert

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 (France (Lyon)):(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/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