DictionaryRoot: -ibilis
Latin
-ibilis
able or suitable to be
Forms
- -ibilis
- -ible — The ending shortened through French and English.
Origin
A Latin form of -bilis, often attached to a verb through a linking i.
Note
It expresses possibility or suitability, not a promise that the action will happen.
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adjective
horrible
HOR-uh-bul/ˈhɔːrəbl/
Extremely bad or unpleasant.
Etymology
The root connects something dreadful with the body's response of bristling or shuddering in fear. The adjective also became an intensifier, allowing it to describe something very bad without literal terror.
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