specifiable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English specify Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English specifiable From specify + -able.
Meanings
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Able to be specified
Malament’s suggestion […] provides a striking example of how close the descriptive content of the two theories is in at least one precisely specifiable sense.
2007 October 24, Jeffrey Alan Barrett, “Approximate Truth and Descriptive Nesting”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 2, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most specifiable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more specifiable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |