adjective

tractile

tract·ile

tractile · more tractile · most tractile

Capable of being drawn or stretched out in lengthCapable of being drawn or stretched out in length.

UK/ˈtɹæktaɪl/US/ˈtɹækˌtaɪl/

Meaning

4 senses

Capable of being drawn or stretched out in length.
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Pertaining to traction or pulling.
(dated)Capable of being guided, influenced, or led.
(obsolete, rare)Of financial assets: able to be drawn or procured from a place of deposit; liquid.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Late Latin tractilis (“that can be dragged or pulled”) + English -i

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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