incommunicado

incommunicado
incommunicado 1844, American English, from Sp. incomunicado, pp. of incomunicar "deprive of communication," from in- "not" + comunicar "communicate," from L. communicare "to share, impart" (see COMMUNICATION (Cf. communication)).

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  • Incommunicado — Incommunicado, as an adjective or adverb, refers to a situation or a behaviour due to which communication with outsiders is not possible, for either voluntary or involuntary reasons, especially due to confinement or reclusiveness. Incommunicado… …   Wikipedia

  • incommunicado — ☆ incommunicado [in΄kə myo͞o΄ni kä′dō ] adj., adv. [Sp incomunicado < pp. of incomunicar, to isolate, cut off from communication < in (< L in , IN 2) + comunicar < L communicare, to COMMUNICATE] 1. without a means of communicating 2.… …   English World dictionary

  • incommunicado — without a means of communicating. By statute in England a person detained is not supposed to be kept incommunicado: Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. In Scotland the position is much the same except for cases of detention under Section 2 of… …   Law dictionary

  • incommunicado — meaning ‘having no communication with others’, is spelt with two ms …   Modern English usage

  • incommunicado — ► ADJECTIVE & ADVERB ▪ not able to communicate with other people. ORIGIN Spanish incomunicado, from incomunicar deprive of communication …   English terms dictionary

  • incommunicado — [[t]ɪ̱nkəmjuːnɪkɑ͟ːdoʊ[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu v n ADJ If someone is being kept incommunicado, they are not allowed to talk to anyone outside the place where they are. He was held incommunicado in prison for ten days before being released without charge …   English dictionary

  • incommunicado — adverb or adjective Etymology: Spanish incomunicado, from past participle of incomunicar to deprive of communication, from in (from Latin) + comunicar to communicate, from Latin communicare Date: 1844 without means of communication ; in a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • incommunicado — 1. adjective In a state or condition in which one is unable or unwilling to communicate. The father of a woman living in the incommunicado world of the Big Brother house in Australia has died but his daughter has not been told. 2. adverb In a… …   Wiktionary

  • incommunicado — adv. to hold smb. incommunicado * * * [ˌɪnkəmjuːnɪ kɑːdəʊ] to hold smb. incommunicado …   Combinatory dictionary

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