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

Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
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