sectile
/ˈsɛktəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having the appearance of being divided or broken.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: sectionable, dissectable, dissectible, cuttable, sliceable"
- "a fruit consisting of an exterior pulpy or fleshy portion, sarcocarp, enclosing the seed, in this case not hard and bony, as in true drupes, but fleshy and easily sectile."
- "The beds, usually soft and sectile, and acted on with immense rapidity by river erosion, being converted into masses of striped jasper, often of great beauty and extreme hardness."
- "Near-synonym: sliceable"
- "The mineral is perfectly sectile and has a shining streak"
- "A good, though small, example of a sectile pavement will be found in the triforium of the cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle, being no doubt a portion of that brought by Charles the Great from Rome or Ravenna."
Etymology
From Latin sectilis.
Inflected Forms
more sectile (comparative)
most sectile (superlative)