encysted
English
Etymology
From encyst + -ed.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɛnˈsɪstɪd/
Verb
encysted
- simple past tense and past participle of encyst
Adjective
encysted (not comparable)
- (medicine) Contained in a cyst.
- (figuratively) Embedded, enclosed.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 545:
- This group included many who had been deeply encysted within the corporative fabric of the Bourbon polity – plus many for whom the chips did not fall well.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 545: