dividual
Americanadjective
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divisible or divided.
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separate; distinct.
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distributed; shared.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of dividual
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin dīvidu(us) “divided, divisible,” equivalent to dīvid(ere) “to divide, separate” + -uus adjective suffix; see divide, -al 1
Example Sentences
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Bitterly an in dividual worker would complain: "Four days of the week my friends find that I am not at home and on the fifth day I find that they are not at home."
From Time Magazine Archive
The constitutional liberties of the in dividual citizen are a never-ending preoccupation of the law.
From Time Magazine Archive
The aim has been to give in dividual schools, and sometimes citizens' advisory boards, a more forceful voice at central headquarters while avoiding a bottleneck of minor decision-making at the top.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet aging follows a different time schedule for each in dividual, and an ancient body frequently supports a vigorous mind.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David
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