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sinnable

sinnable adjective: able to sin.

Adjective

sinnable (comparative more sinnable, superlative most sinnable)

  1. (obsolete) Able to sin.
    • He can charge the Angel themselves (who may be the Heavens in the fore-mentioned place) with folly, Job 4. 18. because though they never sinned, yet they are sinnable; 'tis possible they might sin, as some of their order have done, if not kept from it by confirming grace.1669, William Gurnall, The Christian in Compleat Armour, Or, A Treatise of the Saints War Against the Devil, 5th edition, Ralph Smith, page 291
    • I represented to my father that I was very sinable [sic], that I had done wrong in espousing a cause so repugnant to his feelings, and contrary to my own opinion also.No year, circa 1835, Stephen Jarvis, An American's Experience in the British Army, manuscript reprinted in The Journal of American History 1, no. 3 (1907), page 443

Antonyms of sinnable

Forms of sinnable

comparativemore sinnable
superlativemost sinnable

Questions about sinnable

What does sinnable mean?
Sinnable means able to sin.
What part of speech is sinnable?
Sinnable is an adjective.

Words near sinnable in the dictionary

  1. Sinn Feiner
  2. Sinn Feiners
  3. Sinn Feinism
  4. Sinn Féin
  5. sinna-green
  6. sinnable
  7. sinnate
  8. sinne
  9. sinned
  10. sinnedst
  11. sinnefull

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