answerable
(adjective) morally or legally responsible to a higher authority; “parents are answerable for their child’s acts”
answerable
(adjective) capable of being answered
Source: WordNet® 3.1
answerable (comparative more answerable, superlative most answerable)
Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
(of a question) Able to be answered.
(archaic) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to).
(now rare) Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable.
(rare, of an argument) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
• unanswerable
Source: Wiktionary
An"swer*a*ble, a.
1. Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages. Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God Swift.
2. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. Johnson.
3. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable. What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course Holland. This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. Milton.
4. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
5. Equal; equivalent; adequate. [Archaic] Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
