improvable en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
Etymology tree English improve Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English improvable From improve + -able.
Meanings
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Capable of being improved.
Therefore, Humanitarians alone devote their present lives to create heavens within themselves and others, and a real paradise upon earth, because they do not waste their time with Pagan delusions, Sceptical doubts, and Atheistical selfishness, but live happily in the present by preparing for themselves and others happier future human lives upon our improveable globe.
1876, Joachim Kaspary, Natural Laws; or The Infallible Criterion, London: J. A. Brook & Co., […], →OCLC, page 136:
- Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more improvable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| improveable | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most improvable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
improvableness · improvably · unimprovable
Synonyms
Translations (8)
fi parannettavissa (oleva) (capable of being improved) · fr perfectible (capable of being improved) · gl mellorable (capable of being improved) · fr améliorable (capable of being improved) · ca millorable (capable of being improved) · pl możliwy do poprawy (capable of being improved) · pt melhorável (capable of being improved) · es mejorable (capable of being improved)