Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arraignable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ar-raignable
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being arraigned.

adj

For which a person is liable to be arraigned.

Example Sentences

"[…] if a Parliament be triable and arraignable before the King himselfe: Then hath the King an unlimited declarative power of Law above all Courts, in his own breast;"
"[…] however I may be arraignable for any Error in my Judgment, I am perfectly free from aught of Sinister in my Intention with regard to the present Matter."
"1881, T. W. Rolleston, letter dated 29 January, 1881, in Whitman and Rolleston: A Correspondence, Dublin: Browne and Nolan, 1952, p. 22, Their words may not have been arraignable by law, (though in many cases they were so) but they were such as their hearers could give but one interpretation to."
"A number of Cook County vice cops scattered through the room with notebooks and tape machines, sucking up every arraignable word."

Etymology

From arraign + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: arraign

Derived Forms

unarraignable

Frequently Paired Words

chargeable indictable

Questions

What does arraignable mean?: Capable of being arraigned.
Where does arraignable come from?: From arraign + -able.

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