decomposite

adj, noun — 3 senses

decomposite

adj

/diːˈkɒmpəzɪt/

Etymology From de- + composite.

1

Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.

2

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences decompound

decomposite

noun

Etymology From de- + composite.

1

Anything decompounded.

decomposites of three metals or more1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

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