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resistible

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
re-sistible
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be resisted.

Etymology

Etymology tree English resist Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English resistible From resist + -ible.

Inflected Forms

more resistible (comparative) most resistible (superlative)

Derived Forms

resistibility resistibleness resistibly unresistible

Antonyms

irresistible

Questions

What does resistible mean?
Able to be resisted.
Where does resistible come from?
Etymology tree English resist Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English resistible From resist + -ible.

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