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inextensible

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-ex-ten-si-ble
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not capable of being extended.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English extensible English inextensible From in- + extensible.

Inflected Forms

more inextensible (comparative) most inextensible (superlative)

Synonyms

nonextensile nonprotractile

Antonyms

extensible

Questions

What does inextensible mean?
Not capable of being extended.
Where does inextensible come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English extensible English inextensible From in- + extensible.

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