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Webster 1913 Edition


Penible

Pen-i′ble

,
Adj.
[OF.
penible
. Cf.
Painable
.]
Painstaking; assidous.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


penible

penible

See also: pénible

English

Adjective

penible (comparative more penible, superlative most penible)

  1. (obsolete) painstaking; assiduous
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)


Middle French

Adjective

penible m, f (plural penibles)

  1. terrible; awful; horrible

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