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Latin
Etymology
From ab- + similis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
absimilis (neuter absimile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- unlike, dissimilar
- Synonyms: dissimilis, inaequālis
- Antonyms: similis, aequālis
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
References
- “absimilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “absimilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- absimilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.