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peltable en · ADJ

Etymology

From pelt + -able.

Meanings

1. Deserving of being pelted.
   • Sketching is always a peltable or mobable offence, as being contrary to the Koran, and sitting down tempts the pelter. 1915, H. G. Wells, The Research Magnificent:
   • What I mean is that there are structures in all this tumult, as there are in all human dealings. Certain classes of celebrity count as peltable; the international rich are not, and they, as I have so frequently said in these pages, are the worst menace […] 2010, Fred Inglis, A Short History of Celebrity, page 286:
2. Able to be thrown or hurled.
   • […] the crowd throngs there, eager to substitute cat-calls and taunts for applause, and for roses and violets they exchange cabbages and other harsh and peltable vegetables […] 1909, The Theatre, volume 10, page 78:

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