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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

suppressible en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English suppress Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English suppressible From suppress + -ible.

Meanings

  1. Capable of being suppressed.
    • The urge to clear my throat was suppressible, but the urge to sneeze wasn't, and so I made a large noise in the middle of the solo.

Forms

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

Antonyms

unsuppressible

Deriveds

insuppressible · nonsuppressible