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paraphrasable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English paraphrase Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English paraphrasable From paraphrase + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Able to be paraphrased
    • Indeed, we may find ourselves saving the wrapper even after all the paraphrasable "content" is absorbed. 1988 February 26, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Form Counts”, in Chicago Reader:

Deriveds

paraphrasably