Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sessile

/ˈsɛsaɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: ses-sile
IPA: /ˈsɛsaɪl/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.

adj

Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.

Example Sentences

"a sessile oyster"
"The pileus is sessile, or sometimes narrowed at the base into a short stem, the caps often numerous and crowded together in an overlapping or imbricate manner."
"The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk[…], and is sessile on the calyptra base[…]"

Etymology

From Latin sessilis (“sitting”), from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedeō (“to sit”), + adjective suffix -ilis. Compare session.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *sed-, sessilis

Derived Forms

fixosessile nonsessile sessilely sessileness sessility subsessile

Phrases

sessile bellwort sessile oak

Frequently Paired Words

crustose

Synonyms

attached fixed immobile immotile immovable inanimate inert lifeless sessile static rigid stationary

Antonyms

mobile motile vagile ambulatory animate kinetic motive movable

Questions

How do you pronounce sessile?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛsaɪl/.
What does sessile mean?: Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
Where does sessile come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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