replenishable

replenishable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English replenish
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 replenishable

    From replenish + -able.

    Adjective

    replenishable (comparative more replenishable, superlative most replenishable)

    1. Able to be renewed or replenished.
      • 2009 January 18, Reid Hastie, “Meetings Are a Matter of Precious Time”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        Time is the most perishable good in the world, and it is not replenishable.

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