sectionable en · ADJ
Etymology
From section + -able.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Able to be sectioned.
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(UK, not-comparable) Mentally ill; deserving of being sectioned in a mental institution.
As a lot of people are when they're that depressed, he was very reluctant to get help, and he really did need help: I'm quite sure he was sectionable, actually, towards the end of his life.
2013 March 7, Jonathan Coe, Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 357:
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fr sectionnable (Translations)