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-fid
-fid(word root) dividedExamples of words with the root -fid: bifid-fidsuff. Divided into parts or lobes: pinnatifid. [Latin -fidus, from findere, fid-, to split; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]-fid adj combining form divided into parts or lobes: bifid; pinnatifid. [from Latin -fidus, from findere to split]fid (fɪd) n. Naut. 1. a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar to support a higher one. 2. a stout bar used to hold a running bowsprit in its extended position. [1605–15; orig. uncertain] -fid a combining form meaning “having parts or lobes” of the kind specified by the initial element: bifid; pinnatifid. [< Latin -fidus, derivative of findere to split] fid. fiduciary. EncyclopediaSeeFID |