enisled

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adjective

Placed alone or apart, as if on an island.

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Meanings

adjectiveenisled (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePlaced alone or apart, as if on an island.

    For Derrida, no isthmus, no bridge, no road, no communication or transfer, connects or can ever connect my enisled self to other selves.

    2007, W. J. Thomas Mitchell, The Late Derrida, page 58
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    YES! in the sea of life enisl’d, / With echoing straits between us thrown, / Dotting the shoreless watery wild, / We mortal millions live alone.

    1852, Matthew Arnold, To Marguerite: Continued

    Truth to tell, I'm feeling pretty enisled on my lounge chair, but that state will not hold for long because apparently I have a visitor.

    2015, Lauren Baratz-Logsted, Isn't It Bro-Mantic?: A Johnny Smith Novel
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of enisle

Origin

From en- + isle + -ed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

enisled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enisled

MLA

“enisled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enisled. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enisled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enisled.

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