10 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
adjective adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object
adjective having a keen intellect; - A.T.Quiller-Couch
adjective immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
originBorrowed from French préhensile, from Latin perfect passive participle prehēnsus, from prehendō (“grasp, seize”) + adjective suffix -ile, from Latin -ilis.
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