Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scissile

/ˈsɪs.ɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scis-sile
IPA: /ˈsɪs.ɪl/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Readily cut or split.

adj

Example Sentences

"The differences of impressible and not impressible; figurable and not figurable; mouldable and not mouldable; scissile and not scissile; and many other passions of matter, are plebeian notions, applied unto the instruments and uses which men ordinarily practise; but they are all but the effects of some of these causes following, which we will enumerate without applying them, because that would be too long."

Etymology

From Latin scissilis, from scindere, scissum (“to cut, to split”). Compare French scissile. See schism, scissors.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: scissilis

Inflected Forms

more scissile (comparative) most scissile (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce scissile?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪs.ɪl/.
What does scissile mean?: Readily cut or split.
Where does scissile come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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