SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: FISSIPAROUS
PRONUNCIATION:
(fi-SIP-uh-ruhs)
MEANING: (adjective):
1. Tending to break into parts.
2. Reproducing by biological fission.
1. Tending to break into parts.
2. Reproducing by biological fission.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin fissi- (cleft) + -parous (bearing, producing).
Earliest documented use: 1835.
USAGE:
"Some reckon it is even too late to achieve the more modest
goals of bringing the fissiparous rebel groups under a single command
structure."
Barack Obama's Tentative Step; The Economist (London, UK); Jun 22, 2013.
Barack Obama's Tentative Step; The Economist (London, UK); Jun 22, 2013.
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