teasable

/ˈtiːzəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"It's just a harmless joke, she told herself over and over, but after the events of today with Drew, it seemed to drive home his true view of her. To him, she was and always would be Nate's little sister, teasable, headstrong."

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

more teasable (comparative) most teasable (superlative)

teasably unteasable

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How do you pronounce teasable?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtiːzəbəl/.

What does teasable mean?

Able to be teased.

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