syncopate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Medieval Latin syncopātus, past participle of syncopō, from Late Latin syncopa, from Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “cut”).

A voice deep and gentle and carrying through the clatter of talk and the mad, syncopated music. — The Boy with Wings, Berta Ruck
It presented itself to him as a picture--legs moving against the walls of buildings, diagonals of bodies, syncopating face lines. — Erik Dorn, Ben Hecht
Four negro banjo players and as many jubilee singers titillated the jaded senses of the guests in a manner achieved by the infamous saxophone syncopating jazz of the Barbary Coast of our times. — The Satyricon — Complete, Petronius Arbiter

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