Smithereens (noun)
smith-uh-reens
Small pieces. Bits.
Smithereens was first recorded in 1820–30 and may come from the dialectal variant smithers, “tiny pieces.”
Example sentences
“There was nothing left, it was all shredded to smithereens.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
