definitions

vincible

[ vin-suh-buh l ]
/ ˈvɪn sə bəl /
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adjective

capable of being conquered or overcome: vincible fears.

Nearby words

vincent de paul, vincent's angina, vincent's disease, vincentian, vinci, vincible, vincit omnia veritas, vincristine, vincristine sulfate, vinculum, vinculum matrimonii

Origin of vincible

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

Related forms

vin·ci·bil·i·ty, vin·ci·ble·ness, noun
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Examples from the Web for 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

/ (ˈvɪnsɪbəl) /

adjective

rare capable of being defeated or overcome

Derived Forms

vincibility or vincibleness, noun

Word Origin for vincible

C16: from Latin vincibilis, from vincere to conquer
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