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scissile

/ˈsɪs.ɪl/

scissile adjective: readily cut or split.

Adjective

scissile (comparative more scissile, superlative most scissile)

  1. Readily cut or split.
    • 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...1651, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum
  2. Easily broken.

scissile meaning in Tamil

scissile in Tamil

வெட்டுதற்குரிய

Forms of scissile

comparativemore scissile
superlativemost scissile

Origin of scissile

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

Questions about scissile

What does scissile mean?
Scissile means readily cut or split.
What is scissile in Tamil?
Scissile in Tamil is வெட்டுதற்குரிய. See Scissile meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scissile?
Scissile is an adjective.
How do you pronounce scissile?
Scissile is pronounced /ˈsɪs.ɪl/.

Words near scissile in the dictionary

  1. scissars
  2. scissel
  3. scissels
  4. scissible
  5. scissil
  6. scissile
  7. scission
  8. scissions
  9. scissiparity
  10. scissiparous
  11. scissor

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