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English
Etymology
From Middle English supportable, equivalent to support + -able, or possibly from Middle French supportable.
Adjective
supportable (comparative more supportable, superlative most supportable)
- Capable of being supported, upheld, maintained, or defended.
- 1911, Ambrose Bierce, “Wedding”, in The Devil’s Dictionary, New York, N.Y., Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Company, →OCLC:
- A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.
- Capable of being borne, endured, or tolerated; endurable.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- supportable
To make the dear loss, have I means much weaker
Than you may call to comfort you, for I
Have lost my daughter.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
capable of being tolerated; endurable
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References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “supportable”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “supportable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “supportable, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “supportāble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
supportable (plural supportables)
Further reading
- “supportable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.