latrability
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "But novv in the ſecond place, Hylobares, let us ſuppoſe that all the Planets or Earths be inhabited vvith rational Creatures, yet theſe rational Creatures may be as ſpecifically diſtinct as the Earths or Planets they inhabit, but agree all in Rationality; as the ſundry ſpecies of Dogs here on Earth agree in Latrability."
- "I do not thereby deny either the Being of Witches, nor other properties that they may have, for which thev may be ſo called: no more than if I deny that a Dog hath rugibility (which is only proper to a Lion) doth it follow that I deny the being of a Dog, or that he hath latrability?"
- "[…] and therefore if ſome be born Dum, Deaf, or Blind, they are not to be accounted perfect Men. In like manner Latrability in a Dog, Boability in a Cow, or an Ox, Hinnibility in a Horſe, &c. are all Second Properties immediately following internal Senſation, or rather Senſibility in Beaſts, […]"
Etymology
From Latin lātrābilis (“barking, able to bark, characterized by barking”) + English -ity (“forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to latrate + -ability.
Origin
- Source language: Latin