vincible
adjEtymology From Latin vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”).
1
Capable of being defeated or overcome; assailable or vulnerable.
- He, not easily vincible in spirit […] drew his sword.a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC:
- vincible by human aid1796, William Paley, A View of the Evidences of Christianity:
- Synonyms
- conquerable, defeatable, weak
- Antonyms
- invincible, unconquerable
- Derived terms
- vincibility, vincible ignorance, vincibly