Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

molestable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mo-lestable
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of, or suitable for, being molested.

Example Sentences

"Whereas Clement and Merton immediately place the illegitimate Evelina in the class of molestable not marriageable women..."
"I could understand his touching Nok, but did he view every female as molestable?"
"[…] [A]llow their virtual selves to be metamorphosed by VR technology into those of molestable children."
"In constantly declaring that children are molestable we are making them into bodies that draw attention to their molestability."

Etymology

From molest + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: molest

Frequently Paired Words

molestability

Questions

What does molestable mean?: Capable of, or suitable for, being molested.
Where does molestable come from?: From molest + -able.

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