schismatic

• schismatick (obsolete)

From Middle English scismatik with etymological respelling, from Middle French scismatique, from Latin schismaticus, from Ancient Greek σχισματικός (skhismatikós), from σχίσμα (skhísma, “cleft, division”). The music sense is based on schisma, from the same ultimate Greek source; compare schism.

• IPA^(key): /skɪzˈmætɪk/

schismatic

1. (religion) Of or pertaining to a schism.
2. (music) Of or pertaining to a schisma.
3. Divisive.

   schismatic opinions or proposals

• schismatic temperament

schismatic (plural schismatics)

1. (religion) A person involved in a schism.
   • c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, lines 17–19, page 62:

     He semeth a sysmatyke
     Or els an heretike,
     For fayth in hym is faynte.

From French schismatique, from Latin schismaticus. Equivalent to schismă +‎ -atic.

schismatic m or n (feminine singular schismatică, masculine plural schismatici, feminine and neuter plural schismatice)

1. schismatic