Today's Dictionary Delight: fissiparous

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I'm a self-diagnosed logorrheic and I learned a new word today...

fis·sip·a·rous

1) Reproducing by fission.
2) Tending to break up into parts or break away from a main body; factious

It's not surprising that there should be last-minute renegotiations, brinksmanship and the like in forging a new constitution in a fissiparous country like Iraq.
 

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