sectile

English

Etymology

Adjective

sectile (comparative more sectile, superlative most sectile)

Capable of being cut.
1. (mineralogy) Capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
Having the appearance of being divided.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sectile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Adjective

sectile

nominative neuter singular of sectilis
accusative neuter singular of sectilis
vocative neuter singular of sectilis

References

sectile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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