dissimile
See also: dissimilé
English
Etymology
Latin dissimile, neuter dissimilis (“unlike”).
Noun
dissimile (countable and uncountable, plural dissimiles)
- (rhetoric) Comparison or illustration by contraries.
Antonyms
- simile
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dissimile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- similised
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: dissimilent, dissimiles
Verb
dissimile
- first-person singular present indicative of dissimiler
- third-person singular present indicative of dissimiler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of dissimiler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of dissimiler
- second-person singular imperative of dissimiler
Italian
Adjective
dissimile (masculine and feminine plural dissimili) (da)
- different (from)
- dissimilar (to)
Latin
Adjective
dissimile
- nominative neuter singular of dissimilis
- accusative neuter singular of dissimilis
- vocative neuter singular of dissimilis