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tractile.

Capable of being drawn or stretched out in length.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈtɹæktaɪl/Received-Pronunciation/-tl̩/Received-Pronunciation/-tɪl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɹækˌtaɪl/General-American
  1. Capable of being drawn or stretched out in length.

  2. Pertaining to traction or pulling.

  3. Capable of being guided, influenced, or led.

    dated
  4. Of financial assets: able to be drawn or procured from a place of deposit; liquid.

    obsolete · rare
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Late Latin tractilis (“that can be dragged or pulled”) + English -ile (suffix meaning ‘capable of; tending to’). Tractilis is derived from Latin tractus + -ilis (suffix forming adjectives from the perfect passive participles of verbs); and tractus is the perfect passive participle of trahō (“to drag, pull; to draw out, extend, lengthen, prolong”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”).

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