Word Woman

Welcome to another exciting episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! This is the third in our series of words that only seem to be used in the negative. And the Word of the Week is...

Invincible: [adjective] incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable -- "The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language", Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.

but what about...

Vincible: [adjective] capable of being overcome or defeated -- "The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language", Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.

Example: Ted's boast of being invincible at the game of chess was disproven when he was beaten by the computer in a mere ten moves. He is now a humbler and more vincible chess player than he once was.