irretractile

English

Etymology

ir- +‎ retractile

Adjective

irretractile (comparative more irretractile, superlative most irretractile)

1. Not retractile.
2. Not tractile or ductile.
   • a. 1856, William Hamilton, Philosophy:

     Rectractile and Irretractile (Elastic and Inelastic)

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “irretractile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)