Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fleeceable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fleece-able
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

able to be fleeced; naive and gullible

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more fleeceable (comparative) most fleeceable (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does fleeceable mean?
able to be fleeced; naive and gullible
Where does fleeceable come from?
Etymology tree English fleece Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fleeceable From fleece + -able.

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