Pronounced: bal-nee-AH-luh-jee, noun
Notes: With the “-ology” ending, it means the study or science of “something”
Yesterday’s word
The word fissiparous means
- tending to break into parts
- reproducing by biological fission
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
Rather a fun word to use instead of “fragile”, isn’t it? Our word came from the Latin word fissi- (cleft) and -parous (bearing; producing).
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