comminuible

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adjective

That can be comminuted or pulverized.

OriginLatin comminuere →
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Meanings

adjectivecomminuible (comparative more comminuible, superlative most comminuible)

comparative more comminuible · superlative most comminuible

  1. obsoleterareThat 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

Origin

  1. Latincomminuere
  2. Englishcomminuible

From Latin comminuere + -ible.

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APA

comminuible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comminuible

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“comminuible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comminuible. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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