Compassionable
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Deserving compassion or pity. archaic
"1585, Robert Parsons, A Christian Directorie Guiding Men to their Saluation, Rouen: Fr. Parson’s Press, Part 1, Chapter 8, He spared him not […] euen then, when he beheld him sorowful vnto death, and bathed in that agonie of blood and water, when he hard him vtter thos most dolorous and compassionable speeches, O my father, if it be possible, let this cuppe passe from me."
- 2 Having, feeling, or showing compassion. obsolete
"1536, uncredited translator (attributed to Miles Coverdale), A Myrrour or Glasse for them that be Syke [and] in Payne by Guglielmus Gnaphaeus, London: Ian Gough, Can not thynke ye the poore haue a mercifull, and compassionable harte towarde the, that be in pouerte, & anguysshe, though theyr power can not extende to declare it?"
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More examples"1585, Robert Parsons, A Christian Directorie Guiding Men to their Saluation, Rouen: Fr. Parson’s Press, Part 1, Chapter 8, He spared him not […] euen then, when he beheld him sorowful vnto death, and bathed in that agonie of blood and water, when he hard him vtter thos most dolorous and compassionable speeches, O my father, if it be possible, let this cuppe passe from me."
Etymology
From compassion + -able.
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