abusable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English abuse

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 abusable

From abuse + -able.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbjuː.zə.bl̩/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbju.zə.bl̩/

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Adjective

abusable (comparative more abusable, superlative most abusable)

1. Capable of being abused. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

Derived terms

• nonabusable

Translations

capable of being abused

• Portuguese: abusável

Further reading

• “abusable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “abusable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.