English Explanatory Dictionary

sessile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
  2. Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛsaɪl/ /ˈsɛsɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sessile.wav

Word forms

sessile

Etymology

From Latin sessilis (“sitting”), from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedeō (“to sit”), + adjective suffix -ilis. Compare session.

Synonyms

attached fixed immobile immotile immovable inanimate inert lifeless sessile static rigid stationary stuck unmovable unmoveable

Antonyms

mobile motile vagile ambulatory animate kinetic motive movable

Related words

crustose

Derived words

fixosessile nonsessile sessile bellwort sessilely sessileness sessile oak sessility subsessile
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