tenible
English edit
Etymology edit
As if from a Latin *tenibilis, from teneō (“I hold, I retain”). Compare tenable, docible.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tĕʹnĭbl, IPA(key): /ˈtɛnɪbl/
Adjective edit
tenible (comparative more tenible, superlative most tenible)
References edit
- “tenible, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]