fusil

[ fyoo-zuh l, -sil ]

/ ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl /

adjective

formed by melting or casting; fused; founded.

Archaic. capable of being melted; fusible.

Archaic. melted; molten.

Nearby words

fusible, fusible metal, fusiform, fusiform aneurysm, fusiform gyrus, fusil, fusile, fusilier, fusillade, fusilli, fusimotor

Also fu·sile

[fyoo-zuh l, -sil, -sahyl] /ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl, -saɪl/.

Origin of fusil

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin fūsilis molten, fluid. See fuse², -ile

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Water, again, admits in the first place of a division into two kinds; the one liquid and the other fusile.
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British Dictionary definitions for fusile (1 of 3)

fusile

fusil

/ (ˈfjuːzaɪl) /

adjective

easily melted; fusible

formed by casting or melting; founded

Word Origin for fusile

C14: from Latin fūsilis molten, from fundere to pour out, melt

British Dictionary definitions for fusile (2 of 3)

fusil

/ (ˈfjuːzɪl) /

noun

a light flintlock musket

Word Origin for fusil

C16 (in the sense: steel for a tinderbox): from Old French fuisil, from Vulgar Latin focīlis (unattested), from Latin focus fire

British Dictionary definitions for fusile (3 of 3)

fusil

/ (ˈfjuːzɪl) /

noun

heraldry a charge shaped like a lengthened lozenge

Word Origin for fusil

C15: from Old French fusel, ultimately from Latin fūsus spindle, fuse 1 (the heraldic lozenge originally represented a spindle covered with tow for spinning)

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Word Origin and History for fusile

fusil

flintlock musket, 1670s, from French fusil (see fusilier).