vincible

English

Etymology

From Latin vincibilis (conquerable), from vincere (to conquer).

Adjective

vincible (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being defeated or overcome; assailable or vulnerable.
    • a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: [] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, [], published 1630, →OCLC:
      He, not easily vincible in spirit [] drew his sword.
    • 1796, William Paley, A View of the Evidences of Christianity:
      vincible by human aid

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vincible (plural vincibles)

  1. vincible

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