abscission
English
Etymology
From Latin abscissiō, from abscindō (“I cut, I tear”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (UK): (file)
Noun
Examples (rhetoric) |
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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 [Eniautos]. 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. [Attested only in the mid 17th century.]
- (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. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
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
abrupt stop of speech
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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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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