disenamour

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ enamour.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsɪˈnæmə(ɹ)/

Verb

disenamour (third-person singular simple present disenamours, present participle disenamouring, simple past and past participle disenamoured)

1. (transitive) To free from being in love; to cause to fall out of love.
   • 1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC:

     Don Quixote disenamoured of Dulcinea del Tobos

Antonyms

• enamor, enamour

Translations

cause to fall out of love

Italian: disamorare (it) Spanish: desenamorar (es)

See also

• fall out of love, unlove
• fall in love, love

Further reading

• “disenamor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• muroideans