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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

discernable en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle French discernable, equivalent to discern + -able.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of discernible.
    • These marks produce the corduroy sort of stripes discernable in the tappa in its finished state. 1846, Herman Melville, Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life:

Forms

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most discernable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more discernable Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

discernably · undiscernable