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peltable

peltable adjective: deserving of being pelted.

Adjective

peltable (comparative more peltable, superlative most peltable)

  1. Deserving of being pelted.
    • Sketching is always a peltable or mobable offence, as being contrary to the Koran, and sitting down tempts the pelter.1915, H. G. Wells, The Research Magnificent
    • What I mean is that there are structures in all this tumult, as there are in all human dealings. Certain classes of celebrity count as peltable; the international rich are not, and they, as I have so frequently said in these pages, are the worst menace […]2010, Fred Inglis, A Short History of Celebrity, page 286
  2. Able to be thrown or hurled.
    • […] the crowd throngs there, eager to substitute cat-calls and taunts for applause, and for roses and violets they exchange cabbages and other harsh and peltable vegetables […]1909, The Theatre, volume 10, page 78

Forms of peltable

comparativemore peltable
superlativemost peltable

Origin of peltable

From pelt + -able.

Questions about peltable

What does peltable mean?
Peltable means deserving of being pelted.
What part of speech is peltable?
Peltable is an adjective.

Words near peltable in the dictionary

  1. pelt
  2. pelt down
  3. pelt of the dog
  4. pelt rot
  5. pelta
  6. peltable
  7. peltae
  8. peltas
  9. peltasperm
  10. peltaspermaceous
  11. peltasperms

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