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sufferable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌfəɹəb(ə)l/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈsʌfɹəb(ə)l/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

PIE word *upó From Middle English sufferable, souffrable (“bearable, endurable, tolerable; allowable, permissible; able to or willing to bear hardship; forbearing, long-suffering; calm, self-restrained, slow to anger; capable of suffering”), from Anglo-Norman sufferable, souffrable, and Old French souffrable, suffrable (“sufferable, tolerable”)), from Medieval Latin sufferābilis, from Latin sufferre + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’). Sufferre is the present active infinitive of sufferō, subferō (“to bear or carry under; to bear, endure, suffer, undergo”), from sub- (prefix meaning ‘below, under’) + ferō (“to bear, carry; to endure, suffer, tolerate”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”)). The English word is analysable as suffer + -able.

Meanings

(archaic, obsolete) Able to suffer, endure, or tolerate.
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(archaic, obsolete) Capable of being endured, tolerated, permitted, or allowed.
- Greek philosophers put it bluntly: "The best thing in the world is not to be born; but the second best is to die." Up to the point of suicide the suffering continues to be sufferable. 2001, Walter Prytulak, On Pain Suffering: Reminiscences, Musings and Reflections, page 58:

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most sufferable	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more sufferable	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

sufferable en · ADJ

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