composture
noun/kəmˈpɒst͡ʃə/UK/kəmˈpɑst͡ʃɚ/US
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French composture (“compost”), from late Old French composture, possibly from Latin compositūra, compostūra (“composition”); equivalent to compost + -ure. Compare Portuguese compostura, Spanish compostura.
- derived from compositūra
- derived from composture
Definitions
Compost, composted manure.
- The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears; the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement, each thing's a thief.
Composition, makeup, formation.
A kind of plaster.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for composture. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA