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prehensile

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10 lettersPronunciation /pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eeehilnprsStarts with PEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g.

  2. wealth

Word origin

Borrowed from French préhensile, from Latin perfect passive participle prehēnsus, from prehendō (“grasp, seize”) + adjective suffix -ile, from Latin -ilis.

Used in a sentence

  • Some monkeys have prehensile tails which they use to pick things up.

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