sexpartite

adjective

sex·​partite

(ˈ)seks+

1

: divided into or made up of a combination of six parts

2

: of or relating to an architectural system (as in the earliest Gothic) in which a vaulting square has two arched subdivisions on each side and one at each end

Word History

Etymology

sex- + partite

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Rhymes for sexpartite

• acolyte
• aconite
• allanite
• alunite
• amberlite
• ammonite
• amorite
• amphitrite
• analyte
• anchorite
• andesite
• anhydrite