-able
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adjective suffixDefinition of -ABLE
1
: capable of, fit for, or worthy of (being so acted upon or toward) —chiefly in adjectives derived from verbs <breakable> <collectible>
2
: tending, given, or liable to <agreeable> <perishable>
— -ably also -ibly adverb suffix
Variants of -ABLE
-able also -ible
Origin of -ABLE
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin -abilis, -ibilis, from -a-, -i-, verb stem vowels + -bilis capable or worthy of
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