indispositionn.

/ɪndɪspəˈzɪʃən/

Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + disposition n.: compare French indisposition (15th cent. in Littré).

The fact or condition of being indisposed.

†1. Want of adaptation to some purpose, or to the circumstances of the case; unfitness, unsuitableness; incapacity, inability. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > inability or inaptitude

indisposition1440

unaptitude1545

inaptitude1790

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun]

inconvenience1413

uncompetence?1541

unaptness1548

improperty1555

unaptness1557

unproperness1561

impertinency1573

unmeetness1574

disagreement1580

unfitnessa1586

unsuitablenessa1586

incongruity1597

inconvenientness1600

improperness1612

indispositiona1613

insuitability1612

ineptitude1615

impertinence1616

inconcinnity1616

infelicity1617

unbeseemingness1623

ineptness1633

impertinentness1645

incompatibility1659

incompetibilitya1660

disaccommodationa1676

indecorousness1681

indisposednessa1684

inaptitudea1688

impropriety1697

wrongness1726

ineligibility1795

inaptness1814

unsuitability1814

unappropriateness1838

unadaptedness1846

inappropriateness1847

unfittingness1861

unbefittingness1865

ineligibleness1881

1440 Exemplification Duke of Gloucester in Patent Roll, 18 Henry VI (P.R.O.: C 66/447) m. 17 Thyndisposicion of my said lords adversarye that he neither hath Wisdom nor discrecion to gouerne hym self but must be led for defaut of naturell raison.

1529 T. Wolsey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1825) 1st Ser. II. 12 Supplying myn indyssposcycon and lack of wyt.

a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xxv. 176 By reason of the indisposition of Libanus in most places, for frequent habitation.

1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. v. ii. 126 If we examine other plants..and observe..their disposedness or indisposition to yield spirits or oyls by fermentation.

1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 31 A bad Commixture sometimes happens..from the indisposition of the hot or cold agent, and sometimes from the unfitness of the place.

†2. Want of apt arrangement or orderly placing; displacement or misplacement; disorder, chaotic condition. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun]

derayc1300

disray13..

disordinancec1374

unordaininga1382

perturbationa1398

disarrayc1410

misordera1513

disorder1530

confusionc1540

mistemper1549

indisposition1598

ataxy1615

disordination1626

indigestion1630

tumble1634

discomposure1641

incomposure1644

dyscrasy1647

dislocation1659

disarrayment1661

disjuncture1683

rack and manger1687

rantum-scantum1695

derangement1737

disarrangement1790

misarray1810

havoc1812

unhingement1817

mingle-mangleness1827

bedevilment1843

higgledy-piggledyness1854

ramshackledom1897

inchoateness1976

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun]

indisposition1598

indisposednessa1677

higgledy-piggledyness1854

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Indispositione, indisposition, vnlustines, crasednes, weakenes, disorder.

1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 353 Difficult trauaile..may be caused..by the greatnes of the infant, or the indisposition thereof in the wombe.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 293 The disposition, or rather indisposition of this Matter, dark, stupid, and unactive.

3. Disordered bodily condition; ill health, illness, ailment; esp. of a slight or passing character.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > disordered state

untemperateness1398

mistemperancec1485

mistemper1549

intemperature1559

mistemperateness1561

mistempering1561

dissension1582

indisposition1598

undisposedness1600

untune1603

disaffection1618

discomposure1646

distemper1648

misaffection1650

indisposedness1654

intemperies1676

intempery1676

intemperament1698

seediness1832

the uglies1846

upset1866

undertone1872

run-downness1890

woofits1918

underfunction1941

underfunctioning1941

1598 [see sense 2].

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1189 That indisposition of his hee set on fire with untemperate drinking of wine.

1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times i. 4 Lisander's indisposition proceeded from the unholesome ayre of the citie.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) To Rdr. 3 A long indisposition of Health hath much hindred and interrupted me.

1739 (title) The Ladies' Physical Directory, or a Treatise of all the Weaknesse, Indispositions, and Diseases peculiar to the Female Sex, from Eleven Years to the Age of Fifty or upwards.

1788 W. Cowper Wks. (1837) XV. 198 I shall be happy to hear that my friend Joseph has recovered entirely from his late indisposition, which I was informed was gout.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 543 The father of the bridegroom was detained in London by indisposition.

4. The state of not being mentally disposed, or ‘in the mind’ (to something, or to do something); disinclination, unwillingness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun]

un-i-willa1225

unlustc1230

dangerc1290

loathnessa1300

thronessa1400

grudgingc1420

nilling?a1425

unlustiness?a1425

loathinessc1449

difficulty?c1450

grudge1477

sticking1525

scruple1526

unreadiness1526

sweerness1533

dangerousness1548

untowardnessa1555

envy1557

loathsomeness1560

retractation1563

stickling1589

indisposition1593

loathfulness1596

backwardness1597

unwillingness1597

reluctation1598

offwardness1600

undisposedness1600

hinka1614

reluctancy1621

reluctancea1628

renitence1640

nolencea1651

nolencya1651

indisposedness1651

shyness1651

nolition1653

costiveness1654

sullenness1659

scrupling1665

regret1667

queerness1687

stickiness1689

disinclination1695

uneasinessa1715

tarditude1794

disclination1812

inalacrity1813

grudgingness1820

tarrowing1832

reticence1863

grudgery1889

balkiness1894

safety first1913

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. i. 130 The indisposition..of the Church of Rome to reforme hir selfe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 127 Perchance some single vantages you tooke, When my indisposition put you backe.

a1628 J. Preston Saints Daily Exercise (1629) 74 A great indisposition to prayer.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 31 To correct and sweeten the Tempers of Men, and to bring them off from these Indispositions.

1804 Ld. Castlereagh in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 252 He declined the proposal evidently from indisposition to receive a British force within his dominions.

5. The state of being unfavourably disposed to or towards a person or thing; aversion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > [noun]

despitec1400

eelist1552

antipathy1606

dislike1608

aversion1622

averseness1623

reclination1678

indisposition1702

allergy1916

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 16 This Indisposition of the King towards the Duke was exceedingly encreased, and aggravated.

1780 E. Burke Let. T. Burgh 5 Jan. I had conceived that an indisposition to the interests of Ireland had never been my characteristical fault.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 24 June 3/2 Was it from indisposition towards the Colonial Secretary?

6. Want of physical inclination or tendency; the condition of not being liable or subject.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > ability or liability to be affected > not

insusceptibility1821

inaccessibility1864

unamenability1865

non-sensitiveness1879

indisposition1900

1900 N.E.D. at Indisposition Mod. The two substances showed an indisposition to combine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	indisposition
释义	indispositionn. /ɪndɪspəˈzɪʃən/ Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + disposition n.: compare French indisposition (15th cent. in Littré). The fact or condition of being indisposed. †1. Want of adaptation to some purpose, or to the circumstances of the case; unfitness, unsuitableness; incapacity, inability. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > inability or inaptitude indisposition1440 unaptitude1545 inaptitude1790 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] inconvenience1413 uncompetence?1541 unaptness1548 improperty1555 unaptness1557 unproperness1561 impertinency1573 unmeetness1574 disagreement1580 unfitnessa1586 unsuitablenessa1586 incongruity1597 inconvenientness1600 improperness1612 indispositiona1613 insuitability1612 ineptitude1615 impertinence1616 inconcinnity1616 infelicity1617 unbeseemingness1623 ineptness1633 impertinentness1645 incompatibility1659 incompetibilitya1660 disaccommodationa1676 indecorousness1681 indisposednessa1684 inaptitudea1688 impropriety1697 wrongness1726 ineligibility1795 inaptness1814 unsuitability1814 unappropriateness1838 unadaptedness1846 inappropriateness1847 unfittingness1861 unbefittingness1865 ineligibleness1881 1440 Exemplification Duke of Gloucester in Patent Roll, 18 Henry VI (P.R.O.: C 66/447) m. 17 Thyndisposicion of my said lords adversarye that he neither hath Wisdom nor discrecion to gouerne hym self but must be led for defaut of naturell raison. 1529 T. Wolsey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1825) 1st Ser. II. 12 Supplying myn indyssposcycon and lack of wyt. a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xxv. 176 By reason of the indisposition of Libanus in most places, for frequent habitation. 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. v. ii. 126 If we examine other plants..and observe..their disposedness or indisposition to yield spirits or oyls by fermentation. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 31 A bad Commixture sometimes happens..from the indisposition of the hot or cold agent, and sometimes from the unfitness of the place. †2. Want of apt arrangement or orderly placing; displacement or misplacement; disorder, chaotic condition. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] derayc1300 disray13.. disordinancec1374 unordaininga1382 perturbationa1398 disarrayc1410 misordera1513 disorder1530 confusionc1540 mistemper1549 indisposition1598 ataxy1615 disordination1626 indigestion1630 tumble1634 discomposure1641 incomposure1644 dyscrasy1647 dislocation1659 disarrayment1661 disjuncture1683 rack and manger1687 rantum-scantum1695 derangement1737 disarrangement1790 misarray1810 havoc1812 unhingement1817 mingle-mangleness1827 bedevilment1843 higgledy-piggledyness1854 ramshackledom1897 inchoateness1976 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun] indisposition1598 indisposednessa1677 higgledy-piggledyness1854 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Indispositione, indisposition, vnlustines, crasednes, weakenes, disorder. 1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 353 Difficult trauaile..may be caused..by the greatnes of the infant, or the indisposition thereof in the wombe. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 293 The disposition, or rather indisposition of this Matter, dark, stupid, and unactive. 3. Disordered bodily condition; ill health, illness, ailment; esp. of a slight or passing character. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > disordered state untemperateness1398 mistemperancec1485 mistemper1549 intemperature1559 mistemperateness1561 mistempering1561 dissension1582 indisposition1598 undisposedness1600 untune1603 disaffection1618 discomposure1646 distemper1648 misaffection1650 indisposedness1654 intemperies1676 intempery1676 intemperament1698 seediness1832 the uglies1846 upset1866 undertone1872 run-downness1890 woofits1918 underfunction1941 underfunctioning1941 1598 [see sense 2]. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1189 That indisposition of his hee set on fire with untemperate drinking of wine. 1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times i. 4 Lisander's indisposition proceeded from the unholesome ayre of the citie. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) To Rdr. 3 A long indisposition of Health hath much hindred and interrupted me. 1739 (title) The Ladies' Physical Directory, or a Treatise of all the Weaknesse, Indispositions, and Diseases peculiar to the Female Sex, from Eleven Years to the Age of Fifty or upwards. 1788 W. Cowper Wks. (1837) XV. 198 I shall be happy to hear that my friend Joseph has recovered entirely from his late indisposition, which I was informed was gout. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 543 The father of the bridegroom was detained in London by indisposition. 4. The state of not being mentally disposed, or ‘in the mind’ (to something, or to do something); disinclination, unwillingness. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun] un-i-willa1225 unlustc1230 dangerc1290 loathnessa1300 thronessa1400 grudgingc1420 nilling?a1425 unlustiness?a1425 loathinessc1449 difficulty?c1450 grudge1477 sticking1525 scruple1526 unreadiness1526 sweerness1533 dangerousness1548 untowardnessa1555 envy1557 loathsomeness1560 retractation1563 stickling1589 indisposition1593 loathfulness1596 backwardness1597 unwillingness1597 reluctation1598 offwardness1600 undisposedness1600 hinka1614 reluctancy1621 reluctancea1628 renitence1640 nolencea1651 nolencya1651 indisposedness1651 shyness1651 nolition1653 costiveness1654 sullenness1659 scrupling1665 regret1667 queerness1687 stickiness1689 disinclination1695 uneasinessa1715 tarditude1794 disclination1812 inalacrity1813 grudgingness1820 tarrowing1832 reticence1863 grudgery1889 balkiness1894 safety first1913 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. i. 130 The indisposition..of the Church of Rome to reforme hir selfe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 127 Perchance some single vantages you tooke, When my indisposition put you backe. View more context for this quotation a1628 J. Preston Saints Daily Exercise (1629) 74 A great indisposition to prayer. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 31 To correct and sweeten the Tempers of Men, and to bring them off from these Indispositions. 1804 Ld. Castlereagh in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 252 He declined the proposal evidently from indisposition to receive a British force within his dominions. 5. The state of being unfavourably disposed to or towards a person or thing; aversion. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > [noun] despitec1400 eelist1552 antipathy1606 dislike1608 aversion1622 averseness1623 reclination1678 indisposition1702 allergy1916 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 16 This Indisposition of the King towards the Duke was exceedingly encreased, and aggravated. 1780 E. Burke Let. T. Burgh 5 Jan. I had conceived that an indisposition to the interests of Ireland had never been my characteristical fault. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 24 June 3/2 Was it from indisposition towards the Colonial Secretary? 6. Want of physical inclination or tendency; the condition of not being liable or subject. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [noun] > ability or liability to be affected > not insusceptibility1821 inaccessibility1864 unamenability1865 non-sensitiveness1879 indisposition1900 1900 N.E.D. at Indisposition Mod. The two substances showed an indisposition to combine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1440
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