Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peltable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: peltable
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Deserving of being pelted.

adj

Able to be thrown or hurled.

Example Sentences

"Sketching is always a peltable or mobable offence, as being contrary to the Koran, and sitting down tempts the pelter."
"What I mean is that there are structures in all this tumult, as there are in all human dealings. Certain classes of celebrity count as peltable; the international rich are not, and they, as I have so frequently said in these pages, are the worst menace […]"
"[…] the crowd throngs there, eager to substitute cat-calls and taunts for applause, and for roses and violets they exchange cabbages and other harsh and peltable vegetables […]"

Etymology

From pelt + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pelt

Inflected Forms

more peltable (comparative) most peltable (superlative)

Questions

What does peltable mean?: Deserving of being pelted.
Where does peltable come from?: From pelt + -able.

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