contradictory
/ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪktəi/kahn-truh-DIK-tur-ee
/ˌkɑntɹəˈdɪktɚi/kahn-truh-DIK-tur-ee
Meaninghaving to do with speaking against
Common meaning: conflicting
- contraagainst
- dictto say, speakLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 570 · scan
- oryadjective ending: having to do with
‘against’ + ‘to say, speak’ → contradictory
Journey through time
- Latindīcō, dīxī, dictum‘to say, speak’
- Englishcontradict‘to say the opposite of what someone else says’
- Englishformed in English from contradictcontradictory‘conflicting’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from contradict + -ory.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CONTUSE, p.132 · scan
Roots
- dīcō, dīxī, dictum Latin “to say, speak”
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