uncompanionable

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adjective

aloof and standoffish

OriginEnglish companionable ← Middle English companion ← Old French compaignon →
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Meanings

adjectiveuncompanionable (comparative more uncompanionable, superlative most uncompanionable)

comparative more uncompanionable · superlative most uncompanionable

  1. aloof and standoffish
  2. disagreeable or boorish

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Italic*kom
  11. Proto-Italic*kom-
  12. Latincon-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-der.?
  14. Latinpānis
  15. Proto-West Germanic*gahlaibō
  16. Late Latincompāniō
  17. Old Frenchcompaignon
  18. Middle Englishcompanion
  19. Englishcompanion
  20. Englishcompanionable
  21. Englishuncompanionable

From un- + companionable.

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APA

uncompanionable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncompanionable

MLA

“uncompanionable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncompanionable. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncompanionable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncompanionable.

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