Offensible
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 That may give offense; offensive.
"Nether do I se to what purpose it is to burthen the Churche with tryfflinge and unprofitable Ceremonies; or as I maie terme them with their propre name, hurtefull and offensible ceremonies, when as there is libertie to have a symple and pure Order ."
- 2 Able to take offense; offendable.
"Not having danced there for many years, I was then invited to it by a lady out of the country whom I had too much regard for to decline the favour; and asking her what she would please to have called for, she said, Sir Watkin's Jig, which accordingly I called for by that appellation and no other, not having the least design of giving offence to any body, or suspiciou that any body would then choose to be so offensible as to object to it, much less to make any kind of disturbance about it."
- 3 Conducive to and associated with the commitment of offenses, especially criminal offenses.
"offensible space"
Example
More examples"Nether do I se to what purpose it is to burthen the Churche with tryfflinge and unprofitable Ceremonies; or as I maie terme them with their propre name, hurtefull and offensible ceremonies, when as there is libertie to have a symple and pure Order ."
Etymology
From offense + -ible.
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