intractile

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ tractile.

Adjective

intractile (comparative more intractile, superlative most intractile)

  1. Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended.
    intractile muscles
    intractile tentacles
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
      bodies […] to be drawn forth in length, intractile; porous, solid

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