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Today's Word "prehensile"

Capable of seizing or grasping on

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prehensile \pri-HEN-sil, -syl\ (adjective) - 1 : Capable of seizing or grasping, especially by wrapping around. 2 : Skilled at keen perception or mental grasp of an idea or concept. 3 : Greedy.

"Larry was shocked to discover how his drugstore's toothbrush rack had gone from a simple corner to a bazaar of ergonomic grips, flexing heads, and prehensile gum-probes."

 

From French prehensile, coined by French naturalist Georges Louis Leclerc De Buffon, from Latin prehensus.


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