Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pliant; extensible; diffusible.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Tough; thick; capable of extension.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete, rare tough; thick; capable of extension

Etymologies

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Latin depectere to comb off; de- + pectere to comb.

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