Dictionary

fussable en · ADJ

Etymology

From fuss + -able.

Meanings

1. Able to be fussed with (in various senses).
   • When your roomie has a sister of fussable age, you're supposed to ask her up to the 'Stute for something—it's fraternity etiquette. 1914, The Technology Monthly, volume 1, The Institute, page 25:
   • In short, we will fuss about the exact rules for many a year, but no fuss is allowable about the nature of the rules. And precisely here the whole conception is most fussable. 1972, The University of Denver Quarterly, volume 7, University of Denver, page 58:
   • She starts to fuss and cluck me into well-being, but I'm not fussable today. I tell her that I'm going to catch up on a few emails, then take off. 2012, Harry Bingham, Talking to the Dead, Orion, →ISBN:

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Antonyms

unfussable