tenible

== English == === Etymology === As if from a Latin *tenibilis, from teneō (“I hold, I retain”). Compare tenable, docible. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tĕʹnĭbl, IPA(key): /ˈtɛnɪbl/ === Adjective === tenible (comparative more tenible, superlative most tenible) (obsolete, rare) Capable of being held; holdable. (rare) Capable of retaining or holding in. === References === “tenible, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]