enisled

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ isle +‎ -ed.

Adjective

enisled (not comparable)

1. Placed alone or apart, as if on an island.
   • 1852, Matthew Arnold, To Marguerite: Continued:

     YES! in the sea of life enisl’d, / With echoing straits between us thrown, / Dotting the shoreless watery wild, / We mortal millions live alone.

   • 2007, W. J. Thomas Mitchell, The Late Derrida, page 58:

     For Derrida, no isthmus, no bridge, no road, no communication or transfer, connects or can ever connect my enisled self to other selves.

   • 2015, Lauren Baratz-Logsted, Isn't It Bro-Mantic?: A Johnny Smith Novel‎^[1]:

     Truth to tell, I'm feeling pretty enisled on my lounge chair, but that state will not hold for long because apparently I have a visitor.

Verb

enisled

1. simple past and past participle of enisle

Anagrams

• delines, delsine, ensiled, linseed, neleids