Abled

//ˈeɪ.bl̩d// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who has no disability.

    "As a disabled person, there are many days I can't leave the house looking how I want to look, and I also have tics that make me look distinctly odd to ableds."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of able form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a range of physical powers as specified. in-compounds

Synonyms

All synonyms
able-bodied

Example

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"As a disabled person, there are many days I can't leave the house looking how I want to look, and I also have tics that make me look distinctly odd to ableds."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation from disabled.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Related phrases

differently abledotherly abled

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