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dividual

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin dividuus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dividual (not comparable)

  1. Separate, distinct.
  2. Divisible, divided.
    • 1895, George MacDonald, Lilith[1]:
      She began to moan, and sigh deep sighs, then murmur as holding colloquy with a dividual self: her queendom was no longer whole; it was divided against itself.
  3. Shared, held in common (with others).
    • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica[2]:
      So that a man may say his religion is now no more within himself, but is become a dividual movable, and goes and comes near him, according as that good man frequents the house.

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [diviˈdu̯aːl]
  • Hyphenation: di‧vi‧du‧al
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Adjective

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dividual (strong nominative masculine singular dividualer, not comparable)

  1. dividual

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