incommunicado

One entry found for incommunicado.

Main Entry: in·com·mu·ni·ca·do
Pronunciation: -"myü-n&-'kä-(")dO
Function: adverb or adjective
Etymology: Spanish incomunicado, from past participle of incomunicar to deprive of communication, from in- (from Latin) + comunicar to communicate, from Latin communicare
: without means of communication : in a situation or state not allowing communication <a prisoner held incommunicado> <remained incommunicado while working on her book>