Associations to the word «Prehensile»

Wiktionary

PREHENSILE, adjective. (zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.

Dictionary definition

PREHENSILE, adjective. Adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail".
PREHENSILE, adjective. Having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch.
PREHENSILE, adjective. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy