Prehensile describes something capable of grasping, skilled in perception, or greedy.
Prehensile describes something capable of grasping, skilled in perception, or greedy.
| Front | prehensile \pree-HEN-sul or pree-HEN-sile\ |
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| Back | 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. [From French prehensile, coined by French naturalist Georges Louis Leclerc De Buffon, from Latin prehensus.] "The drugstore toothbrush rack has become a circus of ergonomic grips, flexing heads, and prehensile gum-probes -- an entire retail sector transformed by design." - Philip Nobel; Can Design in America Avoid the Style Trap?; The New York Times; Nov 26, 2000. |
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