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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

spankable en · ADJ

Etymology

From spank + -able.

Meanings

  1. Suitable for spanking.
    • 'If he says he won't come, he won't,' she said, as though he were one of the elemental forces of nature instead of a spankable brat […] 1900, Rudyard Kipling, From Sea to Sea: Letters of Travel:
    • Judge Fang knew that Dr. X controlled legions of criminals ranging from spankable delinquents up to international crime lords […] 1995, Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age […] , New York: Bantam Spectra, →ISBN:
    • […] the level on which she can be pert, sly, and spankable, and fill out a small personality. 1996, James C Bulman, Shakespeare, Theory, and Performance:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more spankable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most spankable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unspankable

Translations (2)

eo pugfrapadinda (Translations) · eo pugfrapadebla (Translations)