Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suppressible

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sup-press-ible
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being suppressed.

Example Sentences

"The urge to clear my throat was suppressible, but the urge to sneeze wasn't, and so I made a large noise in the middle of the solo."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more suppressible (comparative) most suppressible (superlative)

Derived Forms

insuppressible nonsuppressible

Antonyms

unsuppressible

Questions

What does suppressible mean?: Capable of being suppressed.
Where does suppressible come from?: Etymology tree English suppress Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English suppressible From suppress + -ible.

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