Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

censurable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cen-surable
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Deserving of censure; blameworthy.

Example Sentences

"... and well considered, me thinks this is one of the most censurable parts of this licentiousnesse, in regard it laboureth to taint the whole body of conversation, as it corrupteth the nature of words, which are the Publique Faith, whereupon all innocent discourse must needs trust it selfe, so that this perversion seemeth a publick impediment to the commerce of all vertuous communication ..."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more censurable (comparative) most censurable (superlative)

Derived Forms

censurableness censurably incensurable uncensurable

Synonyms

culpable to blame at fault blameworthy censurable guilty nocent reprehensible

Questions

What does censurable mean?: Deserving of censure; blameworthy.
Where does censurable come from?: Etymology tree English censure Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English censurable From censure + -able.

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