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flappable en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From flap + -able.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Able to be moved by flapping.
   • a flappable wing

flappable en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

Back-formation from unflappable.

Meanings

1. (informal) Capable of becoming flustered or upset.
   • ‘Yes. Not as much as Ruth, but I read some myself afterward. You sound better aloud. Good deal of authentic mania, there, black and blue wit, pain—the fellow going on to fresh defeats, flappable, flappable. Surviving however. I bought a lot of the little I could understand. Do you write when you're drunk?’ 1973, John Berryman, Recovery, Macmillan, →ISBN:

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