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illaqueable

illaqueable adjective: capable of being ensnared or entrapped.

Adjective

illaqueable (comparative more illaqueable, superlative most illaqueable)

  1. (nonce-word, obsolete) Capable of being ensnared or entrapped.
    • As concerning the infamous and diabolical magic, he that would know whether or no a philosopher be temptable by it, or illaqueable into it1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […]...

Forms of illaqueable

comparativemore illaqueable
superlativemost illaqueable

Origin of illaqueable

From Latin illaqueō (“to entrap”) + -able.

Questions about illaqueable

What does illaqueable mean?
Illaqueable means capable of being ensnared or entrapped.
What part of speech is illaqueable?
Illaqueable is an adjective.

Words near illaqueable in the dictionary

  1. illapsable
  2. illapse
  3. illapsed
  4. illapses
  5. illapsing
  6. illaqueable
  7. illaqueate
  8. illaqueated
  9. illaqueates
  10. illaqueating
  11. illaqueation

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