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
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(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: