IMPUTABLE

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

imputable

That may be imputed

Synonyms: chargeable, ascribable, attributable, referable

(legal) Accusable; culpable; chargeable with fault.

Source: Wiktionary


Im*put"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. imputable.]

1. That may be imputed; capable of being imputed; chargeable; ascribable; attributable; referable. A prince whose political vices, at least, were imputable to mental incapacity. Prescott.

2. Accusable; culpable. [R.] The fault lies at his door, and she is no wise imputable. Ayliffe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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