dissilient

dissilient
dissiliency, dissilience, n.
/di sil"ee euhnt/, adj.
bursting apart; bursting open.
[1650-60; < L dissilient- (s. of dissiliens, prp. of dissilire to leap apart), equiv. to dis- DIS-1 + -sili- (comb. form of sali- leap; see SALLY) + -ent- -ENT]

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