labile
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labile
- /ˈleɪ.baɪl/ US, UK
Rhymes with -eɪbaɪl
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French labile, borrowed from Latin lābilis (“slipping, transitent”).
adjective more labile · most labile
- Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
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Apt or likely to change.
Pythagoras [said] that each thing or matter was ever gliding and labile.
Similar: unstable
- Of a compound or bond, kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed). Certain drugs can be conjugated to polymer molecules with a linkage that is labile at low pH to effect controlled release in a cellular endosome.
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Of a verb, able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.
Similar: ergative, ambivalent, diffused
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Talk about this word "labile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/labile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. labile. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/labile "labile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/labile.Cite this
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