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palmable

palmable adjective: able to be manipulated with, or concealed in, a person's palm.

Adjective

palmable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be manipulated with, or concealed in, a person's palm.
    • After bathing, he sat on his bed and wished desperately that he could forget the night's illusion of tangled legs, palmable breasts, and husky laughs.2014, Katherine Woodbury, Richard: The Ethics of Affection, page 13
    • Among the many kinds of printed materials described by Hymes are political reports, printed handbills, pamphlets, posters, monk ordination certificates, paper money, and even palmable examination cheat books.The Cambridge History of China (volume 5)

Origin of palmable

From palm + -able.

Questions about palmable

What does palmable mean?
Palmable means able to be manipulated with, or concealed in, a person's palm.
What part of speech is palmable?
Palmable is an adjective.

Words near palmable in the dictionary

  1. palma
  2. palma Christi
  3. Palma de Mallorca
  4. Palma-Perez
  5. Palma-Urbano
  6. palmable
  7. palmaceous
  8. Palmach
  9. Palmachnik
  10. Palmachniks
  11. palmamide

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