tenible

English

Etymology

As if from a Latin *tenibilis, from teneō (“I hold, I retain”). Compare tenable, docible.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tĕʹnĭbl, IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnɪbl/

Adjective

tenible (comparative more tenible, superlative most tenible)

1. (obsolete, rare) Capable of being held; holdable.
2. (rare) Capable of retaining or holding in.

References

• “tenible, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]