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Nameable
adj
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Adjective
- 1 Capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name. not-comparable
"1635, Alexander Gill, The Sacred Philosophie of Holy Scripture, London: Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, Chapter 8, p. 30, [God’s] pure being, because it is neither understandable, nor nameable by us, we speake of goodnesse, of power, &c. as of the effluences or prime acts thereof […]"
- 2 Worthy of being named or having a name; significant; memorable (especially in negative expressions). not-comparable, obsolete
"[…] the culture [of alfalfa] is not very expensive, though the profit is not nameable till the second or third year, when the cuttings are considerable […]"
Etymology
From name + -able.
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