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English
Etymology
From in- (“not”) + teneo (“to hold”). Compare Latin intenibilis (“not to be grasped”). Compare intenable, untenable.
Pronunciation
Adjective
intenible (comparative more intenible, superlative most intenible)
- (obsolete) Incapable of holding or containing.
c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :this captious and intenible sieve
References
“intenible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.