Does laciniate have a double c?
stress-doubleA doubled consonant would mark a short stressed vowel. Laciniate has its stress on an open syllable and doubles nothing.
heard aslacciniate
spelledlaciniate
saidluh-SIN-ee-ut
One c. laciniate.
A second c would have to be pronounced, and in a way that would wreck the word: cc before an i gives the ks of accident. Laciniate has a single soft c and one s sound where it sits.
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