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prehensile

pre·hen·sile

UK/pɹɪˈhɛn.saɪl/ US/pɹiːˈhɛn.saɪl/ uncommon

adjective

1.

adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object

  • “a monkey”
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2.

having a keen intellect

  • “poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men” A.T.Quiller-Couch
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3.

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

  • “they are avaricious and will do anything for money”
  • “casting covetous eyes on his neighbor”
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Origin

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

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