prehensible
/prɪˈhɛnsɪbl/rare
adjective
Able to be grasped or perceived; comprehensible; perceptible.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), philosopher, jurist, and reformer. From classical Latin prehēns-, past participial stem of prehendere prehend + -ible. Compare French préhensible.
- post-office address
- post-office annuity
- post office box
- post-office car
- post office directory
- post office insurance
- post-office order
- post office packet
- post-officer
- post-office savings-bank
- post-office savings bank book
- post-office savings book
- post-office stamp
- postolivary
- postolutely
- post-op
- post-operation
- post-operative
- post-operatively
- post-oral
- post-orally
- postorbital
- postosmicate
- postosmication
- post-ovulation