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pattable

pattable adjective: able to be patted; suitable for patting.

Adjective

pattable (comparative more pattable, superlative most pattable)

  1. (rare) Able to be patted; suitable for patting.
    • Peache, as played by Chris Makepeace, offers the audience little magnetism. Aside from his little boy grins and puppy-dog-pattable cuteness, he does little to convey his inner struggles and emotions.1980 August 30, Pat M. Kuras, “My Buddy, Myself”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 11
    • The child was evidently deciding that a "bow-wow" had four legs and a tail and was small (pattable?).1992, Sylvia Farnham-Diggory, Cognitive Processes in Education, page 235

Forms of pattable

comparativemore pattable
superlativemost pattable

Origin of pattable

From pat + -able.

Questions about pattable

What does pattable mean?
Pattable means able to be patted; suitable for patting.
What part of speech is pattable?
Pattable is an adjective.

Words near pattable in the dictionary

  1. Patsuezu
  2. patsy
  3. patsying
  4. patt
  5. patta
  6. pattable
  7. pattadar
  8. pattadars
  9. pattal
  10. pattals
  11. pattamar

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