depectible

English

Etymology

From Latin depectere (“to comb off”), from de- + pectere (“to comb”).

Adjective

depectible (comparative more depectible, superlative most depectible)

(obsolete, rare) tough; thick; capable of extension

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “depectible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

deceptible