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indecimable

indecimable adjective: not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes.

Adjective

indecimable (not comparable)

  1. Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes.
    • What things be indecimable by the Law, and ought not to pay tithe.1628–1644, Edw[ard] Coke, (please specify |part=1 to 4), London

Origin of indecimable

From in- (“not”) + Latin decimare (“to tithe”). Compare French indécimable. See decimate.

Questions about indecimable

What does indecimable mean?
Indecimable means not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes.
What part of speech is indecimable?
Indecimable is an adjective.

Words near indecimable in the dictionary

  1. indecently
  2. indecentness
  3. indecidability
  4. indeciduate
  5. indeciduous
  6. indecimable
  7. indecipherability
  8. indecipherable
  9. indecipherableness
  10. indecipherably
  11. indecision

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