compound
noun
• a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.
• "the air smelled like a compound of diesel and petrol fumes"
Similar:
amalgam,
amalgamation,
combination,
composite,
blend,
mixture,
mix,
admixture,
meld,
fusion,
synthesis,
consolidation,
alloy,
hybrid,
mash-up,
compound
adjective
• made up or consisting of several parts or elements.
• "a compound noun"
compound
verb
• make up (a composite whole); constitute.
• "a dialect compounded of Spanish and Dutch"
Similar:
be composed of,
be made up of,
be constituted of,
be formed from,
• make (something bad) worse; intensify the negative aspects of.
• "prisoners' lack of contact with the outside world compounds their problems"
Similar:
aggravate,
worsen,
make worse,
add to,
augment,
exacerbate,
intensify,
heighten,
increase,
magnify,
add insult to injury,
rub salt in the wound,
add fuel to the fire/flames,
complicate,
• forbear from prosecuting (a felony) in exchange for money or other consideration.
Origin:
late Middle English compoune (verb), from Old French compoun-, present tense stem of compondre, from Latin componere ‘put together’. The final -d was added in the 16th century on the pattern of expound and propound . compound1 (sense 2 of the verb) arose through a misinterpretation of the legal phrase compound a felony, which means ‘refrain from prosecuting a felony in exchange for money or other consideration’. This led to the use of compound in legal contexts to mean ‘make something bad worse’, which then became accepted in general usage.
compound
noun
• an open area enclosed by a fence, for example around a factory or large house or within a prison.
Origin:
late 17th century (referring to such an area in SE Asia): from Portuguese campon or Dutch kampoeng, from Malay kampong ‘enclosure, hamlet’; compare with kampong.
