Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fissility

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fis-sil-i-ty
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being fissile (in any sense).

Uncountable

noun

The property of mudstones to split along layers, more or less parallel to the plane of bedding, thus becoming described as shales.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English fissile Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fissility From fissile + -ity.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

fissilities (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

foliation

Questions

What does fissility mean?: The quality of being fissile (in any sense).
Where does fissility come from?: Etymology tree English fissile Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fissility From fissile + -ity.

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