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comminuible

comminuible adjective: that can be comminuted or pulverized.

Adjective

comminuible (comparative more comminuible, superlative most comminuible)

  1. (obsolete, rare) That can be comminuted or pulverized.
    • By which account, a Diamond steeped in Goat's bloud, rather increaseth in hardness, then acquireth any softness by the infusion; for the best we have are comminuible without it; and are so far from breaking hammers, that they submit unto pistillation, and resist not an ordinary pestle.1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5

Forms of comminuible

comparativemore comminuible
superlativemost comminuible

Origin of comminuible

From Latin comminuere + -ible.

Questions about comminuible

What does comminuible mean?
Comminuible means that can be comminuted or pulverized.
What part of speech is comminuible?
Comminuible is an adjective.

Words near comminuible in the dictionary

  1. commingles
  2. commingling
  3. comminglingly
  4. comminglings
  5. Commins Coch
  6. comminuible
  7. comminute
  8. comminuted
  9. comminuter
  10. comminuters
  11. comminutes

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