Latrability
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The ability or tendency to bark. obsolete, rare, uncountable
"But novv in the ſecond place, Hylobares, let us ſuppoſe that all the Planets or Earths be inhabited vvith rational Creatures, yet theſe rational Creatures may be as ſpecifically diſtinct as the Earths or Planets they inhabit, but agree all in Rationality; as the ſundry ſpecies of Dogs here on Earth agree in Latrability."
Example
More examples"But novv in the ſecond place, Hylobares, let us ſuppoſe that all the Planets or Earths be inhabited vvith rational Creatures, yet theſe rational Creatures may be as ſpecifically diſtinct as the Earths or Planets they inhabit, but agree all in Rationality; as the ſundry ſpecies of Dogs here on Earth agree in Latrability."
Etymology
From Latin lātrābilis (“barking, able to bark, characterized by barking”) + English -ity (“forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to latrate + -ability.
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