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naggable en · ADJ

Etymology

From nag + -able.

Meanings

  1. susceptible to nagging
    • But Japan's and Singapore's efficiency in health delivery owes much to the fact that affluent Asians are more naggable about things like their body weight than most westerners except mad joggers. 1984, The Economist, volume 291, page 35:
    • When we parked in the hilly slum that was the center of town, we heard his sister complaining about the way he'd used the brakes of the car. It was a shock, the first realization that my gallant knight was naggable. 2000, Susan Braudy, Between Marriage and Divorce, page 35:

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more naggable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most naggable Degree=Sup lexicographic