irresolution
Meaninga not loosening; undecidedness
Common meaning: a failure to decide
Other meanings: wavering
- irnot
- reagain; back
- soluto loosen, untieLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1725 · scan
- tionnoun ending: doing something, or its outcome
‘not’ + ‘again’ + ‘to loosen, untie’ → irresolution
Journey through time
- Latinsolvō, solvī, solūtum‘to loosen, untie’
- Englishirresolution‘a failure to decide’ · today
ir- also in: irrigateirregularirreducibleirremovableirremovably
re- also in: reactrebelrelaxrepelreply
solu also in: dissolve
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
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin solvō ‘to loosen, untie’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry solvō, p. 1725 · dictionary scan
Roots
- solvō, solvī, solūtum Latin “to loosen, untie”
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