Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medicinable

/məˈdɪs(ɪ)nəb(ə)l/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: medic-in-able
IPA: /məˈdɪs(ɪ)nəb(ə)l/

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Medicinal; having healing properties.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"hee by his lawes, inhibiteth[…]the perswasion, that any evill may come unto man from the Gods, except for his greater good, and for a medicinable [translating medecinal] effect, whensoever he falleth into it."
"I pray you in your Letters, / When you ſhall theſe vnluckie deeds relate, / Speake of me, as I am. […] / Of one, whoſe ſubdu'd Eyes, / Albeit un-vsed to the melting moode, / Drops teares as faſt as the Arabian Trees / Their Medicinable gumme."
"[…] this Water is every way as Medicinable as the other; serving well in all Decoctions and Syrups, though it be not altogether so pleasing to the smell."

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman medicinable, Middle French medicinable, or their source, Late Latin medicinabilis, from Latin medicīna.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /məˈdɪs(ɪ)nəb(ə)l/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more medicinable (comparative) most medicinable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unmedicinable

Questions

How do you pronounce medicinable?: The recorded pronunciation is /məˈdɪs(ɪ)nəb(ə)l/.
What does medicinable mean?: Medicinal; having healing properties.
Where does medicinable come from?: From Anglo-Norman medicinable, Middle French medicinable, or their source, Late Latin medicinabilis, from Latin medicīna.

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