tenibleadj.
/ˈtɛnɪb(ə)l/ rare.† 1. Capable of being held; = tenable adj. 2. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > capable of being defended
defensible1572
defendable1579
tenable1579
tenible1633
holdablea1649
maintainable1680
1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. viii. 180 Corke was a weake town, & not tenible against a powerfull enemy.
2. Able to retain or hold in (i.e. in quot. 1871, the saliva). rare.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > types of
round-mouthed?1473
shevel?1507
tut-mouthed?a1513
wry-mouthed1552
pouch-mouth1565
plaice-moutha1569
out-lipped1570
pouch-mouthed?a1592
flap-mouthed1594
wide-mouthed1594
plaice-mouthed1595
big-mouthed1602
sparrow-mouthed1611
stretch-moutheda1616
splay-mouthed1647
wry-mouth1652
whale-mouthed1656
out-mouthed1698
spout-mouthed?1711
mickle-mouthed1720
sheveling-gabbit1725
mickle-mouth1863
tenible1871
primped1935
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xliii. 3 A nose among the larger, Feet not dainty,..Mouth scarce tenible [L. nec ore sicco], hands not wholly faultless.
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