Pronounced: TRANG-uhm, noun
Notes: I have several of these at home (you may, too), but I didn’t know this word
Yesterday’s word
The word sectile means “capable of being cut smoothly with a knife”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1700s
Background / Comments
As I noted yesterday, this word is useful. Our word comes from the Latin word sectilis (cuttable).
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