Definition of TRACTILE

tractile

Adjective Satellite

  • capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

Adj

  • Capable of being drawn or stretched out in length.
  • Pertaining to traction or pulling.
  • Capable of being guided, influenced, or led.
  • Of financial assets: able to be drawn or procured from a place of deposit; liquid.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Scrabble Score: 10

tractile is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
tractile is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tractile is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

tractile is a valid Words With Friends word