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originable

originable adjective: capable of being originated.

Adjective

originable (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Capable of being originated.
    • Self-poisoning is shown to be originable in the failure to burn off, by means of the oxygen which enters the blood in respiration, the poisonous substances formed in the body by the expenditure of force in living, and that this poison may afterward spread by contagion, and especially in overcrowded...1887, The Methodist Review, volume 69, page 771

Origin of originable

From origin + -able.

Questions about originable

What does originable mean?
Originable means capable of being originated.
What part of speech is originable?
Originable is an adjective.

Words near originable in the dictionary

  1. origin myth
  2. origin myths
  3. origin of coordinates
  4. origin stories
  5. origin story
  6. originable
  7. original
  8. original antigenic sin
  9. original as sin
  10. original aspect ratio
  11. original aspect ratios

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