Meliorable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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

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"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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