Meanings
verbencyst (third-person singular simple present encysts, present participle encysting, simple past and past participle encysted)
present singular third person encysts · participle present encysting · participle past encysted · past encysted · alternative incyst
- transitiveTo enclose within a cyst.
- intransitiveTo be enclosed within a cyst.
‘Six months for the projectile to encyst before the knee can be opened safely.’
1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 98
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Old Frenchen-
- Middle Englishen-
- Englishen-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁éyeti
- Ancient Greekκῠ́ω (kŭ́ō)?
- Ancient Greekκύστις (kústis)
- Late Latincystis
- Englishcyst
- Englishencyst
Translations
Catalan enquistar-se, encistar-se
- enquistar-seTo enclose within a cyst.
- encistar-seTo enclose within a cyst.
Dutch inkapselen
- inkapselenTo enclose within a cyst.
French s'enkyster
- s'enkysterTo enclose within a cyst.
Italian incistarsi
- incistarsiTo enclose within a cyst.
Portuguese enquistar-se
- enquistar-seTo enclose within a cyst.
Spanish enquistarse
- enquistarseTo enclose within a cyst.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with encyst
listassistexisthististfisttwistconsistwristresistdismissedmistinsistpersistfristcystenlistgistdesistgristLisztcoexistbistpiste
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Cite this entry
APA
encyst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encyst
MLA
“encyst.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encyst. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encyst,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encyst.
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