disenamour

/dɪsɪˈnæmə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From dis- + enamour.

disenamour means to free from being in love; to cause to fall out of love. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

disenamour is pronounced /dɪsɪˈnæmə(ɹ)/.

Why “disenamour” is a great word

DISENAMOUR — [Verb] To free from being in love; to cause to fall out of love. Formed within English by derivation from the prefix dis- (expressing reversal or removal) and the verb enamour (to inflame with love). First attested in 1620. Unlike "disenchant" (which frees one from a beguiling illusion) or "alienate" (which turns affection to hostility), to disenamour is the quiet, specific dissolution of romantic attachment. It is the cooling of a palm that once felt fevered, the gradual recognition of a beloved scent as merely the smell of another person's skin, and the hollow echo where a shared joke used to land—the unspectacular machinery by which a heart dismantles its own altar.

verb

To free from being in love; to cause to fall out of love.“Don Quixote disenamoured of Dulcinea del Tobos”