discerptible

adjective

dis·​cerp·​ti·​ble

-ptəbəl

: capable of being torn to pieces or pulled apart : separable into parts

cannot be told by poetry or by music … nor is discerptible in logic

—Robert Bridges †1930

Word History

Etymology

Latin discerptus (past participle of discerpere) + English -ible

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