scissile

S1C3I1S1S1I1L1E1
/ˈsɪs.ɪl/

adjective

Readily cut or split.

OriginLatin scissilis →
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Meanings

adjectivescissile (comparative more scissile, superlative most scissile)

comparative more scissile · superlative most scissile

  1. Readily cut or split.
    1 more example

    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.

    1651, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum
  2. chemistryEasily broken.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
divisible

Origin

  1. Latinscissilis
  2. Englishscissile

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

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Translations

Bulgarian цеплив
  • цеплив (cepliv)readily cut or split
Finnish helposti lohkeava, halkaistava
  • helposti lohkeavareadily cut or split
  • halkaistavareadily cut or split
French scissile, fissile
  • scissilereadily cut or split
  • fissilereadily cut or split
  • fendablereadily cut or split
Italian scissile
  • scissilereadily cut or split
Cite this entry
APA

scissile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scissile

MLA

“scissile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scissile. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scissile,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scissile.

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