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stingable en · ADJ

Etymology

From sting + -able.

Meanings

  1. Capable of being stung.
    • Then came the bees, stinging at everyone they could catch. Each sting meant a dead bee, but there were millions of bees. Usually they stung only that part of the human anatomy which was most stingable[…] 1940, Amazing Stories, volume 14, numbers 1-6, page 82:
    • Two hairy, soft projections, evidently very sensitive, inform the bee when she is in contact with a stingable object. 1916 November, Popular Science, volume 89, number 5, page 698:

Forms

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most stingable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more stingable Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unstingable