dividuousadj.
/dɪˈvɪdjuːəs/ rare.
1. Capable of being divided, divisible (= dividual adj. 2); characterized by division.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > able to be divided
partablec1400
departable1483
partible1540
severable1548
divisible1552
dividable1587
dividuala1620
depertible1626
dividuous1766
sliceable1976
1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius v. 397 The Mind, of separate parcels uncompos'd, Though in dividuous Body now inclos'd.
c1800 S. T. Coleridge Mahomet The ruinous river Shatters its waters abreast, and..Rushes dividuous.
1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to Liberty iv, in Prometheus Unbound 210 The..cloud-like mountains, and dividuous waves Of Greece.
2. Separable, non-essential (= dividual adj. 1).
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [adjective] > non-essential
accidental1387
casual1398
incident1523
accidentary?1549
accessarya1555
chanceablea1557
accessory1563
circumstant1583
advenient1594
adventive1605
adventitial1607
circumstantial1608
contingent1628
adventious1633
incidental1644
accessional1646
contingential1647
non-essential1647
extra-essential1667
attachable1798
dividuous1816
inessential1832
peripheral1902
1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. App. p. xiv The accidental and dividuous in this quiet and harmonious object is subjected to the life and light of nature which shines in it.
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