certifiable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English certify Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English certifiable From certify + -able.
Meanings
- (of a document) That can or must be certified.
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(informal, of a person) Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy.
If any person said to you in 1950 that in seventeen years Miss Stalin would defect to the West, you would rightly have considered that person certifiable. She has now done it, with impressive smoothness and conviction.
2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 311:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most certifiable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more certifiable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
noncertifiable · certifiably · uncertifiable · certifiableness
Synonyms
insane (mentally ill) · mad (mentally ill) · nuts (mentally ill)
Translations (7)
it attestabile (that can or must be certified) · gv yn-teishtey (that can or must be certified) · it constatabile (that can or must be certified) · it certificabile (that can or must be certified) · ca boig (mentally ill) · es certificable (that can or must be certified) · ca certificable (that can or must be certified)