oathable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English oath Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English oathable From oath + -able.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Capable of having an oath administered to one: fit to be sworn.
You're not oathable, Altho' I know you'll swear Into strong shudders th' immortal gods
c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]: