Meliorable
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Able to be improved.
"Man has found that his world is not by any means the best possible of worlds, so it therefore concerns him greatly to know whether it is meliorable and what the most efficient method for realizing such betterment is."
Example
More examples"Man has found that his world is not by any means the best possible of worlds, so it therefore concerns him greatly to know whether it is meliorable and what the most efficient method for realizing such betterment is."
Etymology
From Latin melior (“better (than)”) + -able.
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