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cabinetable

cabinetable adjective: able to be appointed to a cabinet position of government without arousing controversy.

Adjective

cabinetable (comparative more cabinetable, superlative most cabinetable)

  1. Able to be appointed to a cabinet position of government without arousing controversy.
    • But he will be as cabinetable after the catastrophe as he was before.1898 July 30, Rene Doumic, “The Cabinetable Man”, in The Living Age, volume 218, number 2821, page 343
    • The same persons in the Agrarian and Social-Democratic parties remained perpetually “cabinetable.”1963, Joseph A. Mikuš, Slovakia: A Political History: 1918-1950, page 23

Forms of cabinetable

comparativemore cabinetable
superlativemost cabinetable

Origin of cabinetable

From cabinet + -able.

Questions about cabinetable

What does cabinetable mean?
Cabinetable means able to be appointed to a cabinet position of government without arousing controversy.
What part of speech is cabinetable?
Cabinetable is an adjective.

Words near cabinetable in the dictionary

  1. cabinet puddings
  2. cabinet saw
  3. cabinet saws
  4. cabinet window
  5. cabinet windows
  6. cabinetable
  7. cabineted
  8. cabineteer
  9. cabineteers
  10. cabinetful
  11. cabinetfuls

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