Having small cracks or fissures; marked by fine splitting or chapping of the surface.
From Latin 'findere' (to split) combined with the diminutive suffix '-illa' (small) and '-ate' (having the quality of). A rare botanical and medical term used to describe fine cracks or surface divisions in skin, leaves, or stone.
This beautifully obscure word describes why your lips chap in winter—they become fendillate as the outer layer splits into tiny cracks that look like a shattered windshield under magnification.
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