Decisive - My Mind's Blade Up

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DECISIVE

Adjective. Early 17th century.

[French décisif, -ive from medieval Latin decisivus, from decis determined, from the verb decidere.]

1 That finally decides or determines a question, the outcome of a contest, etc.;

conclusive. E17

2 Unhesitating, resolute, determined. M18

3 Pronounced, unmistakable, undisputed. L18

Today, I decided the word would be decisive. Boom. That was that. There was no dilly-dallying over deceptious, deciduous or declivitous - it's decisive, a chose jugée. Because, for me, indecisiveness just don't cut it. And that's what decisiveness is all about. It's Latin, you see; decidere, which is de 'off' and cidere 'to cut'. Boom. Sharp as a knife. Incisively decisive. And I'm not thinking about deceptious or declivitous any more.

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