scissim

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Latin

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Etymology

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From scindō (“I cut, tear, rend”) (supine scissum) +‎ -tim (adverb-forming suffix).

Adverb

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scissim (not comparable)

  1. (Late Latin) by rending, cleaving, or dividing

References

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  • “scissim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scissim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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