Etymology

penible

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Today it means: painstaking; assiduous Full definition →

Middle English penyble ← Old French peinible
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  1. Old French · derived frompeinible
  2. Middle English · derived frompenyble
  3. English todaypenible

From Middle English penyble, from Old French peinible. Compare painable.

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