ASSIMILABILITY

Noun

assimilability (countable and uncountable, plural assimilabilities)

The quality or degree of being assimilable.

It would form an interesting essay […] were all the attempts to ridicule new phrases brought together, the proportion observed of words ridiculed which have been adopted, and are now common, such as strenuous, conscious, and a trial made how far any grounds can be detected, so that one might determine beforehand whether a word was invented under the conditions of assimilability to our language or not.

Source: Wiktionary


As*sim`i*la*bil"i*ty, n.

Definition: The quality of being assimilable. [R.] Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.

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