Posted on 05/01/2014 4:27:25 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
fissiparous \fih-SIP-uh-rus\ adjective
1. tending to break up into parts.
2. creating disunity or dissension : divisive.
Example sentences:
The election for class president had a fissiparous effect on the school as students took sides for their favorite candidate.
"In Calvinism: A History, D.G. Hart … shows how Protestantism's fissiparous nature has allowed it to adapt and, in some instances, transmogrify to fit local and personal needs."
— From a book review by Michael P. Orsi in the Washington Times (Washington D.C.), December 12, 2013
Etymology:
When it first entered English in the 19th century, "fissiparous" was concerned with reproduction. In biology, a fissiparous organism is one that produces new individuals by fission; that is, by dividing into separate parts, each of which becomes a unique organism. (Most strains of bacteria do this.) Both "fissiparous" and "fission" trace back to Latin "findere" ("to split"). The second part of "fissiparous" is rooted in Latin "parere" ("to give birth to" or "to produce"). Other "parere" offspring refer to other forms of reproduction, including "oviparous" ("producing eggs that hatch outside the body") and "viviparous" ("producing living young instead of eggs"). By the end of the 19th century "fissiparous" had acquired a figurative meaning, describing something that breaks into parts or causes something else to break into parts.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Yep, fair point!
He fully expected it to be cancelled, but said that they are NOT going to want to give refunds so it will likely be a moist outing.
If the neutrons leak out, your reactor is too fissiporous to be safe .....
Have we checked Barry for one yet? A+ for you!
He should have retired years ago. Welcome back truant! A+ for you!!
I saw an ad in today’s paper for a male KCCS, 1 year old for $575. I’ll bet you go through that in a week for her maintenance now, but who’s counting. It’s your pet, you do what you believe is best for them.
55 and sunny here and most big trees are leafed out already. Crape myrtles are just starting.
A for the house engineer. I am playing country vet here again today, treating the dog and the chickens.
I’m 45 minutes away, but still, there’s really only about 100 yards of visibility with the fog.
I’m really excited for the game tonight. Go Bruins, kick their asses! WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!
how is Ophelia? is she still blocked? i take epsom salts baths all the time, i thought that was so funny that’s what you might do for a blocked chicken.
65 degs here and going up to 74.
Still blocked but on antibiotics and dusted for mites so she may be too stressed right now to lay. I just heard a great WFTD possibility while listening to the oversight committee hearing.
One of my faves is interviewing now. Go Jason Chaffetz! Call them out!
xshub heard on xm radio that Gretzky is in the running for GM here. i don’t see his glamourpuss wife being happy here, or anywhere outside of LA. Ditto his ho-bag of a daughter, but she wouldn’t likely come with him anyway.
Supposed to get sunny and high 60’s later, hopefully the garden isn’t too wet for my final tilling tonight.
And they have an awesome gif file.
I can’t drum up any sympathy for them since they booted us out of the playoffs before. And LA has done this before so they should have put up more of a fight.
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