Scissile Definition

sĭsəl, -īl
adjective
That can be cut or split smoothly and easily, as into plates or laminae.
Webster's New World

Origin of Scissile

  • Latin scissilis, from scindere, scissum, to cut, to split: compare French scissile. See schism, scissors.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Latin scissilis from scissus past participle of scindere to cut scission

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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