concealable

concealable

English

Etymology

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English conceal
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English concealable

    From conceal + -able.

    Adjective

    concealable (comparative more concealable, superlative most concealable)

    1. Able to be concealed.
      • 1646, Thomas Browne, “A Further Illustration of the Same”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 6:
        […] he denied the omniſciency of God, whereunto there is nothing concealable.
      • 1882, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The Superlative”, in Lectures and Biographical Sketches‎[1], Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, page 141:
        A bag of sequins, a jewel, a balsam, a single horse, constitute an estate in countries where insecure institutions make every one desirous of concealable and convertible property.

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