dividual

Etymology

From Latin dividuus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɪdʒuəl/

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Adjective

dividual (not comparable)

1. Separate, distinct.
2. Divisible, divided.
   • 1895, George MacDonald, Lilith‎:

     She began to moan, and sigh deep sighs, then murmur as holding colloquy with a dividual self: her queendom was no longer whole; it was divided against itself.

3. Shared, held in common (with others).
   • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica‎:

     So that a man may say his religion is now no more within himself, but is become a dividual movable, and goes and comes near him, according as that good man frequents the house.