d 2 i 1 s 1 s 1 i 1 m 3 i 1 l 1 a 1 t 1 e 1
11 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities
verb make dissimilar; cause to become less similar
verb become dissimilar or less similar
originFirst attested in 1841; borrowed from Medieval Latin dissimilātus, perfect passive participle of dissimilō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), hypercorrected form of Classical Latin dissimulō, from dis- + simulō, from similis (“similar, the same as”); the vocalism was perhaps influenced by assimilate, compare dissimulate. Cognate with French dissimiler; doublet of dissemble, dissimulate, and…
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