Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elidable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: el-id-able
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being elided.

Example Sentences

"an elidable vowel"
"[…] and its being expired, and attaining Possession, are matters of Fact, requiring Probation, which are improper for an Inquest, and elidable, by a reply of Payment, or Intromission within the Legall, and Strowan was Served with Reservation of the Marquess Right, as accords of the Law."
"That Sheridan himself did ever read out this couplet as it must inevitably be read if his theory be right, I do not believe; but if he did not, then the superfluous syllables, claimed by him, would not be sounded; that is to say, unconsciously, and in spite of himself, he would elide the elidable ones, and cut out the mute."

Etymology

From elide + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: elide

Derived Forms

nonelidable unelidable

Synonyms

elidible

Questions

What does elidable mean?: Capable of being elided.
Where does elidable come from?: From elide + -able.

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