prehensilityn.

Brit.

/ˌpriːhɛnˈsɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌprihɛnˈsɪlᵻdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prehensile adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < prehensile adj. + -ity suffix.

Chiefly Zoology.

The quality of being prehensile. Also: the quality of being graspable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing > ability to

prehensility1856

prehensiveness1897

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 115 Their statesmen..have invented many fine phrases to cover this slowness of perception, and prehensility of tail.

1939 I. T. Sanderson Caribbean Treasure x. 206 This opossum is clothed in a woolly undercoat... The tail is..capable of a prehensility that has to be felt to be believed.

1967 J. R. Napier & P. H. Napier Handbk. Living Primates i. 8 A number of other New World families show a certain degree of functional prehensility.

1995 Guardian 8 July (Weekend Suppl.) 50/3 Without careful assembly, sandwiches topple under their own weight. They challenge prehensility in even the largest hand.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prehensility
释义	prehensilityn. Brit. /ˌpriːhɛnˈsɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌprihɛnˈsɪlᵻdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prehensile adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < prehensile adj. + -ity suffix. Chiefly Zoology. The quality of being prehensile. Also: the quality of being graspable. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing > ability to prehensility1856 prehensiveness1897 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 115 Their statesmen..have invented many fine phrases to cover this slowness of perception, and prehensility of tail. 1939 I. T. Sanderson Caribbean Treasure x. 206 This opossum is clothed in a woolly undercoat... The tail is..capable of a prehensility that has to be felt to be believed. 1967 J. R. Napier & P. H. Napier Handbk. Living Primates i. 8 A number of other New World families show a certain degree of functional prehensility. 1995 Guardian 8 July (Weekend Suppl.) 50/3 Without careful assembly, sandwiches topple under their own weight. They challenge prehensility in even the largest hand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856
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