scissure

English

Etymology

Late Latin *scissura (“fissure”) (compare Italian scissura), from Latin scissurus (“about to split”), from scindo (“I split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈsɪʒə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃə(ɹ)

Noun

scissure (plural scissures)

1. A longitudinal opening made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
   • a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon:

     the soul is without any further act of violence forced out of its place , that it takes its flight home to heaven , being thus let out at the scissure, as at the window ; and only the two fragments of carcase remain behind

References

“scissure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

scissure f (plural scissures)

1. scissure

Further reading

• “scissure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

scissure f

1. plural of scissura

Anagrams

• scurisse, uscisser

Latin

Participle

scissūre

1. vocative masculine singular of scissūrus