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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

damageable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dam-age-able
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hurtful; pernicious.

Obsolete

adj

Capable of being injured or weakened, susceptible to damage.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English damage Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English damageable From damage + -able.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more damageable (comparative) most damageable (superlative)

Derived Forms

damageableness nondamageable undamageable

Questions

What does damageable mean?
Hurtful; pernicious.
Where does damageable come from?
Etymology tree English damage Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English damageable From damage + -able.

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