-ibility

1. variant of -ability:

   reducibility.

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ibility¹

< Latin -ibilitāt-, equivalent to -ibili ( s ) -ible + -tāt- -ty ²

Example Sentences

Again: Taking the prefixes com., de., im., op., re., sup., &c., which are used in thousands of cases, and the suffixes ment, sion, ible, ibility, &c., also used in thousands of words, and using these in connexion with the root word “Press” we have compress, depress, impress, oppress, repress, suppress, and also compressible, depression, re-impress, suppression, impressment, &c.

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