vincible

[vin-suh-buh l]

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adjective

capable of being conquered or overcome: vincible fears.

Origin of vincible

1540–50; < Latin vincibilis, equivalent to vinc(ere) to overcome + -ibilis -ible

Related formsvin·ci·bil·i·ty, vin·ci·ble·ness, noun

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Related Words for vincible

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

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Historical Examples of vincible

You are a man imbued by errors, and vincible by slight temptations.
Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist
Charles Brockden Brown
The thought of herself as vulnerable and vincible to the hostile sex had come upon the girl, fire-new, with disruptive force.
V. V.'s Eyes
Henry Sydnor Harrison

British Dictionary definitions for vincible

vincible

adjective

rare capable of being defeated or overcome

Derived Formsvincibility or vincibleness, noun

Word Origin for vincible

C16: from Latin vincibilis, from vincere to conquer

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Word Origin and History for vincible

adj.

1540s, from Latin vincibilis, from vincere (see victor).