intenible

English

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +‎ teneo (“to hold”). Compare Latin intenibilis (“not to be grasped”). Compare intenable, untenable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛnəbəl/

Adjective

intenible (comparative more intenible, superlative most intenible)

1. (obsolete) Incapable of holding or containing.
   • c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

     this captious and intenible sieve

References

“intenible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.