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pregnable

[ preg-nuh-buh l ]
/ ˈprɛg nə bəl /
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adjective

capable of being taken or won by force: a pregnable fortress.
open to attack; assailable: a pregnable argument.

RELATED WORDS

accessible, assailable, defenseless, exposed, liable, naked, ready, sensitive, sucker, susceptible, tender, thin-skinned, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, vincible, weak

Nearby words

preganglionic motor neuron, preggers, preggy, pregl, preglacial, pregnable, pregnancy, pregnancy gingivitis, pregnane, pregnanediol, pregnanedione

Origin of pregnable

1400–50; late Middle English prenable < Middle French prenable, pregnable, equivalent to pren- (weak stem of prendre to seize, take < Latin pre(he)ndere; see prehension) + -able -able; -g- perhaps from obsolete expugnable (in same sense)

Related forms

preg·na·bil·i·ty, noun
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pregnable

/ (ˈprɛɡnəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being assailed or captured

Derived Forms

pregnability, noun

Word Origin for pregnable

C15 prenable, from Old French prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to lay hold of, catch
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