Bereavable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to be bereaved. not-comparable, rare

    "At the age of four she read exceedingly well; and from a very babe, as her bereavable mother soon after her death declared, the utmost regularity was observable in all her actions."

Example

More examples

"At the age of four she read exceedingly well; and from a very babe, as her bereavable mother soon after her death declared, the utmost regularity was observable in all her actions."

Etymology

From bereave + -able.

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