abscission
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English
Etymology
From Latin abscissiō, from abscindō (“I cut, I tear”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/, /æbˈsɪ.ʒn̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
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He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more. |
abscission (countable and uncountable, plural abscissions)
- The act or process of cutting off.
- 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ . A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. , 2nd edition, London: Richard Royston , published 1655, →OCLC:
- Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.
- (obsolete) The state of being cut off.
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
- (botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with abscision, which is defined only as the first sense.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
act of cutting off
natural separation of a part of a plant
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
abscission f (plural abscissions)
Further reading
- “abscission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.