tenible

English

Etymology

As if from a Latin *tenibilis, from teneō (“I hold, I retain”). Compare tenable, docible.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tenible (comparative more tenible, superlative most tenible)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Capable of being held; holdable.
  2. (rare) Capable of retaining or holding in.

References

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