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Certifiable

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That can or must be certified.
  2. 2
    Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy. informal

    "If any person said to you in 1950 that in seventeen years Miss Stalin would defect to the West, you would rightly have considered that person certifiable. She has now done it, with impressive smoothness and conviction."

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being guaranteed or certified wordnet
  2. 2
    fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly) wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A crazy person. informal

    "Forget the certifiables who are scrawling Hitler mustaches on pictures of the president."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From certify + -able.

Etymology 2

From certify + -able.

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