INCOMMUNICADO


Meaning of INCOMMUNICADO in English

adverb (or adjective)

also in·co·mu·ni·ca·do ˌinkəˌmyünəˈkä(ˌ)dō, -kȧ(-

Etymology: Spanish incomunicado, from past participle of incomunicar to deprive of communication, from in- in- (I) (from Latin) + comunicar to communicate, from Latin communicare to share, impart, partake — more at communicate

: without means of communication

it had sometimes brought good luck for people to be politically incommunicado — A.N.Whitehead

especially : in solitary confinement

held incommunicado for 10 days

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.