stingable

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English

Etymology

From sting +‎ -able.

Adjective

stingable (comparative more stingable, superlative most stingable)

  1. Capable of being stung.
    • 1916 November, Popular Science, volume 89, number 5, page 698:
      Two hairy, soft projections, evidently very sensitive, inform the bee when she is in contact with a stingable object.
    • 1940, Amazing Stories, volume 14, numbers 1-6, page 82:
      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 []

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