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pettable

pettable adjective: suitable for petting.

Adjective

pettable (comparative more pettable, superlative most pettable)

  1. Suitable for petting.
    • To unsuspecting eyes these mongoose relatives can seem eminently pettable.2008 June 20, Edward Rothstein, “Critters of a Wondrous Isle, Meet Your Friend and Foe”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2022
    Synonyms:
    strokable

Synonyms of pettable

Forms of pettable

comparativemore pettable
superlativemost pettable

Origin of pettable

From pet + -able.

Words formed from pettable

Words that rhyme with pettable

Questions about pettable

What does pettable mean?
Pettable means suitable for petting.
What part of speech is pettable?
Pettable is an adjective.

Words near pettable in the dictionary

  1. petsitters
  2. petsitting
  3. petspace
  4. Pett
  5. petta
  6. pettable
  7. pettah
  8. pettahs
  9. pettara
  10. pettarah
  11. pettarahs

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