SOME WORDS ENDING IN -IBLE
Reading edition
The principle underlying the difference between words ending in -able and those ending in -ible is thus stated by The Oxford English Dictionary (s.v. -ble): ‘In English there is a prevalent feeling for retaining -ible wherever there was or might be a Latin -ibilis, while -able is used for words of distinctly French or English origin.’ The following are examples of words ending in -ible:
accessible addible adducible admissible audible avertible collapsible comprehensible controvertible credible discernible discerpible edible eligible existible expressible extendible feasible fencible flexible forcible incomprehensible incorruptible
incredible indefeasible indefensible indelible indestructible indigestible intangible intelligible irresistible legible negligible ostensible permissible persuasible plausible producible reducible remissible reprehensible reversible tangible vendible visible