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perfectability

perfectability noun: the state or quality of being able to be perfected.

Noun

perfectability (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being able to be perfected.
    • He had noticed in his circle many an otherwise promising union result in disappointment and dismay, purely in consequence of the false estimate formed by bride or bridegroom concerning the imagined perfectability of the other.1914, Jerome K. Jerome, chapter V, in Three Men on the Bummel
    • The man who has learned the Fifth Secret of Rache Churan—who has learned how to control his will—holds a power absolute and beyond perfectability.1920, Sax Rohmer, chapter III, in The Golden Scorpion

Origin of perfectability

From perfect + -ability.

Words formed from perfectability

Questions about perfectability

What does perfectability mean?
Perfectability means the state or quality of being able to be perfected.
What part of speech is perfectability?
Perfectability is a noun.

Words near perfectability in the dictionary

  1. perfect victims
  2. perfect wave
  3. perfect waves
  4. perfect-bound
  5. perfecta
  6. perfectability
  7. perfectable
  8. perfectamundo
  9. perfectas
  10. perfectation
  11. perfected

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