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namable

namable is the alternative form of nameable.

Meaning of nameable

Adjective

nameable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name.
    • [God’s] pure being, because it is neither understandable, nor nameable by us, we speake of goodnesse, of power, &c. as of the effluences or prime acts thereof […]1635, Alexander Gill, The Sacred Philosophie of Holy Scripture, London: Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, Chapter 8, p. 30
  2. (obsolete) Worthy of being named or having a name; significant; memorable (especially in negative expressions).
    • […] the culture [of alfalfa] is not very expensive, though the profit is not nameable till the second or third year, when the cuttings are considerable […]c. 1785, Josiah Ringsted, The Cattle-Keeper’s Assistant, 7th edition, London: J. Dixwell, page 52

Words formed from namable

Questions about namable

What is namable the alternative form of?
Namable is the alternative form of nameable.

Words near namable in the dictionary

  1. Nam Định
  2. nam'd
  3. Nama
  4. namaaz
  5. namability
  6. namable
  7. namableness
  8. NAMAD
  9. namagashi
  10. namahage
  11. Namahsia

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