Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trowable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trow-able
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Credible; believable.

adj

Fit to be or worthy of being betrothed; betrothable.

Example Sentences

"“Oh yeah; but you girls have so many hopefuls hanging around; hard for me to keep score. Why don't you ask your dad?” “No dad: no mom; but you've been married forever. How come you never got trown?” “I just never did anything trowable. I've been accused of everything though; one time or another.”"

Etymology

From Middle English trowable, trowabile, equivalent to trow + -able.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: trowable
Suffix: trow

Inflected Forms

more trowable (comparative) most trowable (superlative) trowabil (alternative, Scotland)

Derived Forms

untrowable

Questions

What does trowable mean?: Credible; believable.
Where does trowable come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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