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rapable

rapable adjective: capable of, or suitable for, being raped.

Adjective

rapable (comparative more rapable, superlative most rapable)

  1. Capable of, or suitable for, being raped.
    • To the Adam in man, woman is no more than a rapable receptacle.1984, Bruce Woodcock, Male mythologies: John Fowles and masculinity
    • His weapons have been destroyed; his body has been or can be penetrated. In other words, he is rapable.2005, Patricia Vettel-Becker, Shooting from the hip: photography, masculinity, and postwar America

Forms of rapable

comparativemore rapable
superlativemost rapable
alternative formrapeable

Origin of rapable

From rap(e) + -able.

Words formed from rapable

Questions about rapable

What does rapable mean?
Rapable means capable of, or suitable for, being raped.
What part of speech is rapable?
Rapable is an adjective.

Words near rapable in the dictionary

  1. rap-full
  2. rap-like
  3. Rapa
  4. Rapa Nui
  5. rapability
  6. rapable
  7. rapaceous
  8. rapacious
  9. rapaciously
  10. rapaciousness
  11. rapacities

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