temptable en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English temptable, probably from Old French temptable, variant of tentable; compare Latin tentābilis; equivalent to tempt + -able.
Meanings
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Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.
As concerning the Infamous and Diabolical Magick, he that would know whether or no a Philoſopher be temptable by it, or illaqueable into it, […]
1678, R[alph] Cudworth, chapter IV, in The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC, page 268:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more temptable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most temptable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |