accostable
accostable adjective: approachable; affable; willing to be accosted.
Adjective
accostable (comparative more accostable, superlative most accostable)
- Approachable; affable; willing to be accosted.
- Old soldiers, I know not why, seem to be more accostable than old sailors. One is apt to hear a growl beneath the smoothest courtesy of the latter.1876, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Our Old Home
- Online communities becoming increasingly accostable to their users does not always lead to higher overall activity.2019, Patrick Kasper et al., “Modeling User Dynamics in Collaboration Websites”, in Dynamics on and of Complex Networks III: Machine Learning and Statistical Physics Approaches, →ISBN, page 117
Forms of accostable
| comparative | more accostable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most accostable |
Origin of accostable
Originally from French accostable, in later usage partly recoined from accost + -able.
Words formed from accostable
Questions about accostable
- What does accostable mean?
- Accostable means approachable; affable; willing to be accosted.
- What part of speech is accostable?
- Accostable is an adjective.
Words near accostable in the dictionary
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