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incommunicado

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in⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅do

  [in-kuh-myoo-ni-kah-doh]
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–adjective
(esp. of a prisoner) deprived of any communication with others.
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; < Sp incomunicado. See in- 3 , communicate
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in·com·mu·ni·ca·do   (ĭn'kə-myōō'nĭ-kä'dō)   
adv.   & adj.
Without the means or right of communicating with others: a prisoner held incommunicado; incommunicado political detainees.

[Spanish incomunicado, past participle of incomunicar, to deny communication : in-, not (from Latin; see in-1) + comunicar, to communicate (from Latin commūnicāre; see communicate).]
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Word Origin & History

incommunicado 
1844, Amer.Eng., from Sp. incomunicado, pp. of incomunicar "deprive of communication," from in- "not" + comunicar "communicate," from L. communicare "to share, impart," from communis (see common).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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