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extricable, a.|ˈɛkstrɪkəb(ə)l|
[f. L. extrīcā-re: see next and -able.]
That may or can be extricated. †a. That may be unravelled or solved (obs.). b. That may be set free or got out.
a.1623–6in Cockeram. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 863 Some Difficulty, not easily Extricable by us. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Wks. 1721 III. 274 With Diabolic Eden them [the Labyrinth, Catacombs, etc.] compare, They regular, and extricable are.
b.a1794Sir W. Jones Select Ind. Plants §28 Germ..scarce extricable from the calyx enclosing and grasping it. 1853E. S. Sheppard Ch. Auchester I. 11 When deftly handled, [it] had still some delights extricable. |