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irretractile

irretractile adjective: not retractile.

Adjective

irretractile (comparative more irretractile, superlative most irretractile)

  1. Not retractile.
  2. Not tractile or ductile.
    • Rectractile and Irretractile (Elastic and Inelastic)a. 1856, William Hamilton, Philosophy

Forms of irretractile

comparativemore irretractile
superlativemost irretractile

Origin of irretractile

From ir- + retractile.

Questions about irretractile

What does irretractile mean?
Irretractile means not retractile.
What part of speech is irretractile?
Irretractile is an adjective.

Words near irretractile in the dictionary

  1. irreticence
  2. irreticences
  3. irreticent
  4. irretraceable
  5. irretractable
  6. irretractile
  7. irretrievability
  8. irretrievable
  9. irretrievableness
  10. irretrievably
  11. irreturnable

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