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
reprehensible
rep-rih-HEN-suh-bul/ˌreprɪˈhensəbl/
Morally wrong and deserving strong criticism.
Etymology
The underlying image is grasping and holding back. The Latin verb also meant blaming or rebuking, so reprehensible describes something deserving that censure, not merely something capable of being restrained.
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