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temptable

temptable adjective: capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.

Adjective

temptable (comparative more temptable, superlative most temptable)

  1. Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.
    • As concerning the Infamous and Diabolical Magick, he that would know whether or no a Philoſopher be temptable by it, or illaqueable into it, […]1678, R[alph] Cudworth, chapter IV, in The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated...

temptable meaning in Tamil

temptable in Tamil

மயக்கி வசப்படுத்தக்க, மருட்சியூட்டத்தக்க

Forms of temptable

comparativemore temptable
superlativemost temptable

Origin of temptable

From Middle English temptable, probably from Old French temptable, variant of tentable; compare Latin tentābilis; equivalent to tempt + -able.

Words formed from temptable

Questions about temptable

What does temptable mean?
Temptable means capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.
What is temptable in Tamil?
Temptable in Tamil is மயக்கி வசப்படுத்தக்க, மருட்சியூட்டத்தக்க. See Temptable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is temptable?
Temptable is an adjective.

Words near temptable in the dictionary

  1. tempse
  2. Tempsford
  3. tempt
  4. tempt fate
  5. temptability
  6. temptable
  7. temptableness
  8. temptation
  9. temptational
  10. temptationless
  11. temptations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: temptable (page history and authors); temptable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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