damageable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English damage Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English damageable From damage + -able.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Hurtful; pernicious.
Verily experience makes us thereby feele and undergoe many damageable treasons.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 16, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:That it be not damageable vnto your royall maiestie.
1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
- Capable of being injured or weakened, susceptible to damage.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more damageable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most damageable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
undamageable · nondamageable · damageableness
Translations (3)
it danneggiabile (capable of being injured or weakened, susceptible to damage) · gv yn-jeeylley (capable of being injured or weakened, susceptible to damage) · it intaccabile (capable of being injured or weakened, susceptible to damage)