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trowable

trowable adjective: credible; believable.

Adjective

trowable (comparative more trowable, superlative most trowable)

  1. (dialectal) Credible; believable.
  2. (rare) Fit to be or worthy of being betrothed; betrothable.
    • “Oh yeah; but you girls have so many hopefuls hanging around; hard for me to keep score. Why don't you ask your dad?” “No dad: no mom; but you've been married forever. How come you never got trown?” “I just never did anything trowable. I've been accused of everything though; one time or another.”2009, Steven S. Schneiderman, Marshlanders

Forms of trowable

comparativemore trowable
superlativemost trowable
alternative Scotlandtrowabil

Origin of trowable

From Middle English trowable, trowabile, equivalent to trow + -able.

Words formed from trowable

  • untrowable

Questions about trowable

What does trowable mean?
Trowable means credible; believable.
What part of speech is trowable?
Trowable is an adjective.

Words near trowable in the dictionary

  1. trove
  2. trover
  3. trovers
  4. troves
  5. trow
  6. trowable
  7. trowal
  8. trowals
  9. Trowbridge
  10. Trowbridges
  11. trowed

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