Meanings
noundisinteressment (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountabledisinterest
1709, Matthew Prior, Preface to Poems on Several Occasions he has managed some of the charges of the kingdom with known ability ; and laid them down with entire disinteressment
Origin
Compare French désintéressement.
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disinteressment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinteressment
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“disinteressment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinteressment. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disinteressment,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinteressment.
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