ASCRIBABLE

ascribable, due, imputable, referable

(adjective) capable of being assigned or credited to; “punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading”; “the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain”; “the oversight was not imputable to him”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

ascribable (comparative more ascribable, superlative most ascribable)

Able to be ascribed.

Source: Wiktionary


As*crib"a*ble, a.

Definition: Capable of being ascribed; attributable.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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16 January 2025

BOOK

(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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