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devourable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-vourable
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be devoured.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more devourable (comparative) most devourable (superlative)

Questions

What does devourable mean?
Able to be devoured.
Where does devourable come from?
Etymology tree English devour Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English devourable From devour + -able.

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