embraceable

/ɪmbɹˈeɪsəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

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adj

"Embrace me, / My sweet embraceable you. / Embrace me, / You irreplaceable you. / Just one look at you - my heart grew tipsy in me. / You and you alone bring out the gypsy in me."
"Lesbian, 29, overinvolved in being competent, seeks casual, affectionate relationship with embraceable GF."

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

more embraceable (comparative) most embraceable (superlative) embracable (alternative)

embraceability embraceably

unembraceable

irreplaceable replaceable traceable untraceable erasable

Questions

How do you pronounce embraceable?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɪmbɹˈeɪsəbəl/.

What does embraceable mean?

Able or suitable to be embraced

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How to pronounce embraceable

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