fixure

English

Etymology

From Latin fixura (“a fastening”), from figere (“to fix”). See fix, and compare fixture.

Noun

fixure (plural fixures)

(obsolete) Fixed position; stable condition; firmness.
- 1602, Shakespeare, William, Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, Scene 3:
  Divert and crack, rend and deracinate / The unity and married calm of states / Quite from their fixure!

Latin

Participle

fīxūre

vocative masculine singular of fīxūrus

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