brookable
brookable adjective: that may be brooked; bearable, endurable, tolerable.
Adjective
brookable (comparative more brookable, superlative most brookable)
- That may be brooked; bearable, endurable, tolerable.
- He saw every feature, and every line of the face, distinctly, as it gazed on him with an intensity that was hardly brookable.1824, [James Hogg], “The Editor’s Narrative”, in The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: […], London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […], page 62
- I am maimed. I am dumfoundered ever sin I engaged mysel to Keatie M,Cheyne. Had I been married—downrightly married it had been brookable; but here I am like a dog tied to a kirn that maunna taste the cream for days an’ months an’ years.1826, James Hogg, “A Pastoral Love Scene”, in Thomas C[harles] Richardson, editor, Contributions to Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (The Collected Works of James Hogg; 23), volume 1 (1817–1828)...
Examples of brookable in a sentence
- But, if ye winna misbelieve me, I can tell ye, that if ye hadna come to Trystingtown the night, some o’ us wad hae been at Greensheiling the morn, if the day had been brookable.1835, James Telfer, chapter XI, in Barbara Gray, or The Widow’s Daughter: A Narrative of Humble Life, Newcastle upon Tyne: […] J[ohn]...
- But on a hint of this the idea was not brookable to the old people.1881, John Younger, chapter XXII, in Autobiography of John Younger, Shoemaker, St. Boswells, […], Kelso, Scottish Borders: J[ohn] & J[ames]...
Forms of brookable
| comparative | more brookable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most brookable |
Origin of brookable
From brook + -able.
Questions about brookable
- What does brookable mean?
- Brookable means that may be brooked; bearable, endurable, tolerable.
- How do you use brookable in a sentence?
- But, if ye winna misbelieve me, I can tell ye, that if ye hadna come to Trystingtown the night, some o’ us wad hae been at Greensheiling the morn, if the day had been brookable.
- What part of speech is brookable?
- Brookable is an adjective.
Words near brookable in the dictionary
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