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palmable en · ADJ

Etymology

From palm + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Able to be manipulated with, or concealed in, a person's palm.
    • Among the many kinds of printed materials described by Hymes are political reports, printed handbills, pamphlets, posters, monk ordination certificates, paper money, and even palmable examination cheat books. The Cambridge History of China (volume 5)
    • After bathing, he sat on his bed and wished desperately that he could forget the night's illusion of tangled legs, palmable breasts, and husky laughs. 2014, Katherine Woodbury, Richard: The Ethics of Affection, page 13: