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Capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- 1635, Alexander Gill, The Sacred Philosophie of Holy Scripture, London: Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, Chapter 8, p. 30, [God’s] pure being, because it is neither understandable, nor nameable by us, we speake of goodnesse, of power, &c. as of the effluences or prime acts thereof [...]
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Worthy of being named or having a name; significant; memorable (especially in negative expressions).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
Examples
- 1810, William Coleman, An Appeal to the People, New York: C.S. Van Winkle, p. 72, A mission hatched by Jefferson under the pretence of forming a commercial treaty, though we have neither trade of any nameable amount with Russia, nor any political concerns with her [...]
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English nameable From name + -able.
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Portuguese:
nomeável
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