condite

English

Etymology

From Latin condītus, past participle of condīre (“to preserve, pickle, season”). Related to condiment. See also recondite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒndaɪt/

Verb

condite (third-person singular simple present condites, present participle conditing, simple past and past participle condited)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To pickle; to preserve.

   to condite pears, quinces, etc.

   • 1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying:

     condite the bodies

Adjective

condite (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Preserved; pickled.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 2, subsection i:

     Such are puddings stuffed with blood, or otherwise composed; baked meats, soused indurate meats, fried and broiled, buttered meats, condite, powdered and over-dried;

Noun

condite (countable and uncountable, plural condites)

1. (obsolete) A preserve

References

• “condite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• D-notice, ctenoid, deontic, ectodin, noticed

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

condite

1. inflection of condire:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

condite f pl

1. feminine plural of condito

Anagrams

• docenti

Latin

Verb

condīte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of condiō

Verb

condite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of condō

References

• "condite", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Verb

condite

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of condir combined with te