vincible
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”).
Adjective
editvincible (not comparable)
- Capable of being defeated or overcome; assailable or vulnerable.
- a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC:
- He, not easily vincible in spirit […] drew his sword.
- 1796, William Paley, A View of the Evidences of Christianity:
- vincible by human aid
Synonyms
edit- (capable of being defeated): conquerable, defeatable, weak
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “capable of being defeated”): invincible, unconquerable
Derived terms
editTranslations
editFrench
editAdjective
editvincible (plural vincibles)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “vincible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.