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expetible

expetible adjective: worthy of being wished for; desirable or sought after.

Adjective

expetible (comparative more expetible, superlative most expetible)

  1. (obsolete) Worthy of being wished for; desirable or sought after
    • 1679 (original publication date), Timothy Puller, The Moderation of the Church of England
      Uniformity in religious and ecclesiastical matters sure is so excellent and desirable again, that certainly an establishment, somewhat less perfect, with "being of the same mind so far as we have attained,"...

Forms of expetible

comparativemore expetible
superlativemost expetible

Origin of expetible

Latin, expetibilis, from expeto (“I wish for, I aspire to”), from ex (“out”) + peto (“I seek”)

Questions about expetible

What does expetible mean?
Expetible means worthy of being wished for; desirable or sought after.
What part of speech is expetible?
Expetible is an adjective.

Words near expetible in the dictionary

  1. expertocratic
  2. expertocrats
  3. experts
  4. expertship
  5. expertships
  6. expetible
  7. expiable
  8. expiate
  9. expiated
  10. expiates
  11. expiatest

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