PLAUSIBLE


Meaning of PLAUSIBLE in English

■ adjective apparently reasonable or probable, without necessarily being so.

Derivatives

plausibility noun

plausibly adverb

Origin

C16 (also in the sense 'deserving applause'): from L. plausibilis , from plaus- , plaudere 'applaud'.

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