scissure

/ˈsɪʃə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Late Latin scissura (“fissure”), from Latin scissurus (“about to split”), from scindo (“to split”).

scissure means A longitudinal opening made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 80 out of 100.

Why this word is great

SCISSURE — [Noun] A longitudinal opening made by cutting; a cleft or fissure. From Late Latin scissura ("fissure"), from Latin scissus, past participle of scindere ("to split, cut"), + -ura ("denoting an action or result"). Unlike "fissure," which suggests a natural or geological crack, or "incision," which names the precise act of the blade's entry, "scissure" denotes the lasting artifact of that violent, dividing action—the wound considered as architecture. It is the clean separation in a surgeon's field, the deep and straight gorge carved by glacial ice, or the eloquent void left between people after a perfect, cutting remark. A scissure is proof that to divide is to create a new edge for the world to press against—the architecture of a permanent separation.

noun

A longitudinal opening made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.“the soul is without any further act of violence forced out of its place , that it takes its flight home to heaven , being thus let out at the scissure, as at the window ; and only the two fragments of carcase remain behind”