dissilient

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

Archaic

"a dissilient pericarp/joint"
"We may, however, notice Impàtiens, merely for the purpose of alluding to the dissilient property of its capsules, which, when ripe, burst with such force as to scatter the seeds to a considerable distance around."

From Latin dissiliens, dissilientis, present participle of dissilire (“to leap asunder”): dis- + salire (“to leap”).

more dissilient (comparative) most dissilient (superlative)

dissilition

ballochorous

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Where does dissilient come from?

From Latin dissiliens, dissilientis, present participle of dissilire (“to leap asunder”): dis- + salire (“to leap”).

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