glimpsable
glimpsable adjective: capable of being glimpsed.
Adjective
glimpsable (comparative more glimpsable, superlative most glimpsable)
- Capable of being glimpsed.
- And Lilia could almost see this other life at times, like a scene playing out on the other side of a gauze curtain, dim but glimpsable: the first quiet years of elementary school and forgetting, kissing boys in cars parked at lookout spots, a front porch with flowers planted in the backs of plastic...2009, Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal, Picador (2015), page 48
Forms of glimpsable
| comparative | more glimpsable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most glimpsable |
Origin of glimpsable
From glimpse + -able.
Words formed from glimpsable
Questions about glimpsable
- What does glimpsable mean?
- Glimpsable means capable of being glimpsed.
- What part of speech is glimpsable?
- Glimpsable is an adjective.
Words near glimpsable in the dictionary
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