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hintable

hintable adjective: that can be hinted at, or alluded to.

Adjective

hintable (not comparable)

  1. (rare) That can be hinted at, or alluded to.
    • And as for boils, as for boils, well, as for boils —
      Well, my pen recoils,
      Because people's invariable humorous remarks about other people's boils are invariably unprintable,
      And most of them are not even hintable.1936, The New Yorker, volume 12, page 19
  2. Having support for hinting.

Antonyms of hintable

Origin of hintable

From hint + -able.

Questions about hintable

What does hintable mean?
Hintable means that can be hinted at, or alluded to.
What part of speech is hintable?
Hintable is an adjective.

Words near hintable in the dictionary

  1. Hinsliff
  2. Hinson
  3. Hinsons
  4. Hinstock
  5. hint
  6. hintable
  7. hinted
  8. hintedly
  9. hintend
  10. hintends
  11. hinter

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