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latrability

latrability noun: the ability or tendency to bark.

Noun

latrability (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The ability or tendency to bark.
    • But novv in the ſecond place, Hylobares, let us ſuppoſe that all the Planets or Earths be inhabited vvith rational Creatures, yet theſe rational Creatures may be as ſpecifically diſtinct as the Earths or Planets they inhabit, but agree all in Rationality; as the ſundry ſpecies of Dogs here on Earth...1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “The Third Dialogue”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His...
    • I do not thereby deny either the Being of Witches, nor other properties that they may have, for which thev may be ſo called: no more than if I deny that a Dog hath rugibility (which is only proper to a Lion) doth it follow that I deny the being of a Dog, or that he hath latrability?1677, John Webster, chapter I, in The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft. […] , London: Printed by J[onas] M[oore] […] , →OCLC, pages 10–11

Origin of latrability

From Latin lātrābilis (“barking, able to bark, characterized by barking”) + English -ity (“forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to latrate + -ability.

Questions about latrability

What does latrability mean?
Latrability means the ability or tendency to bark.
What part of speech is latrability?
Latrability is a noun.

Words near latrability in the dictionary

  1. Latowsky
  2. Latoya
  3. Latoyah
  4. LATP
  5. LATRA
  6. latrability
  7. latranculin
  8. latrant
  9. latrants
  10. latrappite
  11. latrate

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