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English
Etymology
Late Latin *scissura (“fissure”) (compare Italian scissura), from Latin scissurus (“about to split”), from scindo (“I split”).
Pronunciation
Noun
scissure (plural scissures)
- 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
Noun
scissure f (plural scissures)
- scissure
Further reading
Italian
Noun
scissure f
- plural of scissura
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
scissūre
- vocative masculine singular of scissūrus