Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lowable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: low-able
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Permissible or commendable .

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Further to advertise your grace, that I have declared to the prior that his third article is not lowable; […]"
"[…] concerning onely honest and healthsome decoration and cleanlinesse, alwayes most lowable and commendable in a woman : […]"
"These were enacted for reviving, the ancient fundamental Qualifications of the Monarchs, and the Rights of this Kingdom, whereby the professing and maintaining of the true reformed Religion, and the lowable Lawes concerning it, […]"

Etymology

Perhaps from low, 'low (“allow”) + -able and/or French louable.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: louable

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does lowable mean?: Permissible or commendable .
Where does lowable come from?: It is traced to French.

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