WORD- Incoherent
Root- cohere= to be together
Prefix- In= on
Suffix- ent= person who
Sentence models:
“The fever made her incoherent.”
“The speaker spoke so rapidly that his words were incoherent to most in the audience.”
“Because my aunt suffered a stroke, she is mostly incoherent and unable to express herself well.”
“His comments were strange and rather incoherent, in my opinion.”
Dictionary definition-expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear.
Sentence definition- Someone who is unable to express themselves clearly is being incoherent.
Etymology:
1620s, "without coherence" (of immaterial or abstract things, especially thought or language), from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + coherent. As "without physical coherence" from the 1690s. Related: Incoherently.
1550s, "harmonious;" 1570s, "sticking together," also "connected, consistent" (of speech, thought, etc.), from French cohérent (16c.), from Latin cohaerentem (nominative cohaerens), present participle of cohaerere "cohere," from assimilated form of com "together" (see co-) + haerere "to adhere, stick" (see hesitation).