Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fussable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fuss-able
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be fussed with (in various senses).

Example Sentences

"When your roomie has a sister of fussable age, you're supposed to ask her up to the 'Stute for something—it's fraternity etiquette."
"In short, we will fuss about the exact rules for many a year, but no fuss is allowable about the nature of the rules. And precisely here the whole conception is most fussable."
"She starts to fuss and cluck me into well-being, but I'm not fussable today. I tell her that I'm going to catch up on a few emails, then take off."

Etymology

From fuss + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fuss

Inflected Forms

more fussable (comparative) most fussable (superlative)

Antonyms

unfussable

Questions

What does fussable mean?: Able to be fussed with (in various senses).
Where does fussable come from?: From fuss + -able.

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