Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perfectible

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: per-fectible
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be perfected; capable of perfection.

Example Sentences

""Liberals tend to think man is infinitely perfectible; conservatives see him as infinitely flawed."

Etymology

Etymology tree English perfect Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English perfectible From perfect + -ible.

Inflected Forms

more perfectible (comparative) most perfectible (superlative)

Derived Forms

perfectibility perfectibly

Questions

What does perfectible mean?: Able to be perfected; capable of perfection.
Where does perfectible come from?: Etymology tree English perfect Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English perfectible From perfect + -ible.

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