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fissurate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fis-sur-ate
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have or develop fissures (typically referring to a broken thallus surface split by fine, narrow lines).

Etymology

From fissure + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

fissurates (present, singular) fissurating (participle, present) fissurated (participle, past) fissurated (past)

Questions

What does fissurate mean?
To have or develop fissures (typically referring to a broken thallus surface split by fine, narrow lines).
Where does fissurate come from?
From fissure + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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