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Partible

[pahr-tuh-buhl]

par·ti·ble

[pahr-tuh-buhl]
adjective
capable of being divided or separated; separable; divisible.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin partibilis divisible, equivalent to Latin part(īrī) to divide, part + -ibilis -ible

par·ti·bil·i·ty, noun
non·par·ti·ble, adjective
un·par·ti·ble, adjective
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Partible is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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partible (ˈpɑːtəbəl)
 
adj
(esp of property or an inheritance) divisible; separable
 
[C16: from Late Latin partibilis, from part-, parspart]

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