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scissile

/ˈsɪs.ɪl/

Where it comes from

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

adjective more scissile · most scissile

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 s
of a bond Easily broken.

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adj readily cut or split

Français	scissile, fissile, fendable
Italiano	scissile

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@misc{scissile_2026,
  title = {scissile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scissile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}