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scissile

[ sis-il ]

adjective

  1. capable of being cut or divided; splitting easily.


scissile

/ ˈsɪsaɪl /

adjective

  1. capable of being cut or divided
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scissile1

1615–25; < Latin scissilis, equivalent to sciss ( us ) (past participle of scindere to cut) + -ilis -ile
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scissile1

C17: from Latin scissilis that can be split, from scindere to cut
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Example Sentences

Pileus 3–7 cm. broad, convex then expanded, saffron-yellow, with dense, dark-brown, erect squamules on disk; whole surface has a velvety appearance and feel, scarcely hygrophanous, even; flesh of pileus yellowish-white, rather thin except on disk, slightly hygrophanous, scissile.

The gills are also scissile, that is, they can be split, and are linear and swollen in the middle.

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