IMPORTABLE

Etymology 1

Adjective

importable (comparative more importable, superlative most importable)

(obsolete) Insupportable, unbearable.

Etymology 2

Adjective

importable (comparative more importable, superlative most importable)

Capable of being imported.

Noun

importable (plural importables)

Something that can be imported.

Anagrams

• bitemporal

Source: Wiktionary


Im*port"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. importable. See Import.]

Definition: Capable of being imported.

Im*port"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. importabilis; pref. im- not + portabilis bearable: cf. OF. importable. See Portable.]

Definition: Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable. [Obs.] Chaucer.

– Im*port"a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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