Definition of "dirigible" [dir•i•gi•ble]

• See airship. (noun)

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• "And the style of the dirigible is only limited to the imagination!"
• ""A dirigible is something magical," said Jérôme Giacomoni, who was 25 when he founded Aerophile with a friend."
• "The Latin dirigere means “to direct,” and a balloon capable of being directed by a pilot was dubbed a dirigible in 1885."