fiss en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /fɪs/
Etymology
From fission by back-formation.
Meanings
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(nonstandard, transitive) To split apart into multiple entities.
Perhaps every five minutes each person ceases to exist and is fissed, with one descendant instantly replacing the original and the other materializing on a twin Earth somewhere […]
1998, Richard Hanley, Is Data Human?:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fissed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fissed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fissing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fisses | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |