sectile

[ sek-til ]

adjective

1. capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.

sectile

/ sɛkˈtɪlɪtɪ; ˈsɛktaɪl /

adjective

1. able to be cut smoothly

Derived Forms

• sectility, noun

Other Words From

• sec·tili·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sectile¹

1710–20; < Latin sectilis cuttable, equivalent to sect ( us ) (past participle of secāre to cut; saw ¹ ) + -ilis -ile

Word History and Origins

Origin of sectile¹

C18: from Latin sectilis, from secāre to cut

Example Sentences

It is soft, sectile, readily scratched by the nail; its fracture is vitreous and conchoidal.

From Project Gutenberg

Roman mosaic-work (commonly in the tessellated style and not the opus sectile) has been unearthed in many parts of the Peninsula.

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There were two kinds of leek (porrum:) porrum sectile (chives) and porrum capitatum.

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And the earlier its date the more surely was it a mosaic, not in the form of tesserae, but in the manner known as “opus sectile.”

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The Tablinum in the house of the vestals and the temple of Jupiter on the Capitol were paved with sectile mosaic.

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