Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chastisable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chasti-s-able
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.

Example Sentences

"it would be a personal crime, chastisable in the person who had committed it"

Etymology

From chastise + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chastise

Inflected Forms

more chastisable (comparative) most chastisable (superlative)

Synonyms

castigable disciplinable chastisable penal punishable statutable subpenal

Questions

What does chastisable mean?: Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.
Where does chastisable come from?: From chastise + -able.

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