Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

offsplit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: off-s-plit
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To split off; secede.

noun

A splitting off or breaking away from; a secession; divergence.

Example Sentences

"This effect is mostly valid for the condition mostly inclined to offsplit, ie.^([sic]) for a paint on gold."
"If, in accordance with modern view of the phenomenology of religion, we want to look upon Baal as an offsplit of El, we are for several reasons prompted to regard this offsplit, at first hand, [...]"
"If he has any claim to innovative importance or influence, it is probably because of his Singspiele, produced in Vienna in the latter part of his career, which certainly hastened the offsplit of German opera from the Italian tradition."

Etymology

From off- + split. Cognate with Dutch afsplitten (“to split off”), German Low German ofsplieten, ofsplitten (“to split off”), German abspalten (“to split off, secede”).

Inflected Forms

offsplits (present, singular) offsplitting (participle, present) off-split (alternative) offsplits (plural)

Questions

What does offsplit mean?: To split off; secede.
Where does offsplit come from?: From off- + split. Cognate with Dutch afsplitten (“to split off”), German Low German ofsplieten, ofsplitten (“to split off”), German abspalten (“to split off, secede”).

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