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bruisable

bruisable adjective: susceptible to bruising; capable of being bruised.

Adjective

bruisable (comparative more bruisable, superlative most bruisable)

  1. Susceptible to bruising; capable of being bruised.
    • She will go, and I shall be left—to my uncle, to the books, to Mrs Stiles, to some new meek and bruisable girl . . .2002, Sarah Waters, chapter 10, in Fingersmith, London: Virago, →ISBN, part 2, page 285

Forms of bruisable

comparativemore bruisable
superlativemost bruisable

Origin of bruisable

From bruise + -able.

Words formed from bruisable

Questions about bruisable

What does bruisable mean?
Bruisable means susceptible to bruising; capable of being bruised.
What part of speech is bruisable?
Bruisable is an adjective.

Words near bruisable in the dictionary

  1. Bruinbun
  2. bruins
  3. Bruinsma
  4. Bruinsmas
  5. bruisability
  6. bruisable
  7. bruisably
  8. bruise
  9. bruise up
  10. bruised
  11. bruised up

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