incommodate

I1N1C3O1M3M3O1D2A1T1E1

verb

To incommode, make uncomfortable.

OriginLatin incommodātus →
Scrabble 18
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbincommodate (third-person singular simple present incommodates, present participle incommodating, simple past and past participle incommodated)

present singular third person incommodates · participle present incommodating · participle past incommodated · past incommodated

  1. obsoleteTo incommode, make uncomfortable.

    [N]either knovv I vvhether it is more hard to manage of the tvvo, a dejected eſtate, or a proſperous, vvhether vve may be more incommodated vvith a reſty horſe, or vvith a tyred one: […]

    1645, Jos[eph] Hall, “Sect[ion] II. The Contrariety of Estates wherein Contentation is to be Exercised.”, in The Remedy of Discontentment: Or, A Treatise of Contentation in whatsoever Condition: […], London: […] J. G. for Nath[aniel] Brooks, […], published 1652, →OCLC, pages 6–7
adjectiveincommodate (comparative more incommodate, superlative most incommodate)

comparative more incommodate · superlative most incommodate

  1. obsoleterareIncommoded, inconvenienced.

Origin

  1. Latinincommodātus
  2. Englishincommodate

First attested in 1575; borrowed from Latin incommodātus, perfect passive participle of incommodō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of incommode.

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: incommodate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.