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scribbleable

scribbleable adjective: suitable for scribbling upon.

Adjective

scribbleable (comparative more scribbleable, superlative most scribbleable)

  1. Suitable for scribbling upon.
    • But I believe most travellers have much nobler sensations in Virgil's tomb, and there is a great deal of testimony borne to their lofty sentiments on every scribbleable inch of its walls.1878, William Dean Howells, Italian Journeys, page 83
    • He […] commenced to scribble on any scribbleable surface that could be found, no mean task aboard a whaler, which is not fitted out in any wise for penmen or for scholars.2010, Anne Finger, Call Me Ahab, page 191

Forms of scribbleable

comparativemore scribbleable
superlativemost scribbleable

Origin of scribbleable

From scribble + -able.

Questions about scribbleable

What does scribbleable mean?
Scribbleable means suitable for scribbling upon.
What part of speech is scribbleable?
Scribbleable is an adjective.

Words near scribbleable in the dictionary

  1. scribble lark
  2. scribble larks
  3. scribble off
  4. scribble-scrabble
  5. scribble-scrabbles
  6. scribbleable
  7. scribbled
  8. scribbled down
  9. scribbledom
  10. scribblemania
  11. scribblement

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