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intenible

/ɪnˈtɛnəbəl/

intenible adjective: incapable of holding or containing.

Adjective

intenible (comparative more intenible, superlative most intenible)

  1. (obsolete) Incapable of holding or containing.
    • this captious and intenible sievec. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of intenible

comparativemore intenible
superlativemost intenible

Origin of intenible

From in- (“not”) + Latin teneō (“to hold”). Compare Latin intenibilis (“not to be grasped”). Compare intenable, untenable.

Questions about intenible

What does intenible mean?
Intenible means incapable of holding or containing.
What part of speech is intenible?
Intenible is an adjective.
How do you pronounce intenible?
Intenible is pronounced /ɪnˈtɛnəbəl/.

Words near intenible in the dictionary

  1. intenerated
  2. intenerates
  3. intenerating
  4. inteneration
  5. intenerations
  6. intenible
  7. intensate
  8. intensated
  9. intensates
  10. intensating
  11. intensation

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