nameable
nameable adjective: capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name.
Adjective
nameable (not comparable)
- 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
- Mr. Hyde […] gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation […]1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Search for Mr. Hyde”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, page 25
- 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
- A mission hatched by Jefferson under the pretence of forming a commercial treaty, though we have neither trade of any nameable amount with Russia, nor any political concerns with her […]1810, William Coleman, An Appeal to the People, New York: C.S. Van Winkle, p. 72
Examples of nameable in a sentence
- One train of thought, for instance, suggests that the genre provides nameable, explicable corpses to mourn, after the senseless obliterations of the First World War.2007 June 20, Trev Broughton, “More work for Margery Allingham”, in The Times Literary Supplement:
- There's a strange kind of power in games like that; like XCOM, with its nameable soldiers, or The Sims' customizable families.2014 June 6, Griffin McElroy, “Tomodachi Life review”, in Polygon:
- Grits have been part of the story of the South as long as the South has been a nameable region — and they were around long before that, too.2019 February 9, Susannah Felts, “Grits more than 'fuel in a box'”, in Knoxville News Sentinel:
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Forms of nameable
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Origin of nameable
From name + -able.
Words formed from nameable
Questions about nameable
- What does nameable mean?
- Nameable means capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name.
- How do you use nameable in a sentence?
- One train of thought, for instance, suggests that the genre provides nameable, explicable corpses to mourn, after the senseless obliterations of the First World War.
- What part of speech is nameable?
- Nameable is an adjective.
Words near nameable in the dictionary
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