scissible
English
Etymology
From Latin scindere, scissum.
Adjective
scissible (comparative more scissible, superlative most scissible)
- Capable of being cut by a sharp instrument.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
Related terms
- scissors
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 scissible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)