clisse

Syllable Decomposition

clisse

Derived from clice (split wood, elongated piece of wood), which gave cliche (woven osier) then clisse. (1461) The word then evolved into clice, a wicker cover for a bottle, then claie. It is derived by apheresis from éclisse, es- having been taken for a prefix.

Definitions

Anagram

sicles

See also

clisses (v.) clisse (cn.)