dividual

English

WOTD – 12 October 2010

Etymology

From Latin dividuus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈvɪd͡ʒuəl/
  • Audio (Northern California):(file)

Adjective

dividual (not comparable)

  1. Separate, distinct.
  2. Divisible, divided.
    • 1895, George MacDonald, Lilith[1]:
      She began to moan, and sigh deep sighs, then murmur as holding colloquy with a dividual self: her queendom was no longer whole; it was divided against itself.
  3. Shared, held in common (with others).
    • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica[2]:
      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.

Derived terms

Translations

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [diviˈdu̯aːl]
  • Hyphenation: di‧vi‧du‧al
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

dividual (strong nominative masculine singular dividualer, not comparable)

  1. dividual

Declension