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merchandisable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Anglo-Norman marchaundisebor. Latin mercātus Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Vulgar Latin *mercātāntem Old French marcheant Old French -ise Old French marcheandisebor. Middle English marchaundise Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-nom Proto-Indo-European *-onom Proto-Germanic *-aną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Old English -an Middle English -en Middle English marchaundisen English merchandise Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English merchandisable From merchandise + -able.

Meanings

1. Suitable for merchandising.
   • Then again, Domo is a merchandisable star not so much because he has a TV show in the works but because of his track record in what is arguably the most potent entertainment form of our time: clowning around on the Internet. 2007 July 22, Rob Walker, “Hello, Kitschy”, in New York Times:

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