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incommunicado definition

☆ in·com·mu·ni·cado (in′kə myo̵̅o̅′ni kä′dō)

adjective, adverb

  1. without a means of communicating
  2. in isolation or seclusion a prisoner held incommunicado, a celebrity living incommunicado
  3. not willing to communicate with others

Etymology: Sp incomunicado < pp. of incomunicar, to isolate, cut off from communication < in- (< L in-, in-) + comunicar < L communicare, to communicate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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