nameable
Etymology Adjective
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Etymology Adjective
nameable (not comparable)
- Capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name.
- 1635, Alexander Gill the Elder, 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 […]
- 1635, Alexander Gill the Elder, The Sacred Philosophie of Holy Scripture, London: Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, Chapter 8, p. 30,
- (obsolete) Worthy of being named or having a name; significant; memorable (especially in negative expressions).
- 1810, William Coleman (editor), An Appeal to the People, New York: C.S. Van Winkle, p. 72,
- A mission hatched by Jefferson under the pretence of forming a commercial treaty, though we have neither trade of any nameable amount with Russia, nor any political concerns with her […]
- 1810, William Coleman (editor), An Appeal to the People, New York: C.S. Van Winkle, p. 72,
- (specific name) distinguishable, identifiable, recognisable
- (memorable) See also Thesaurus:memorable or Thesaurus:notable
- (antonym(s) of “specific name”): nameless, unidentifiable, unnameable, unrecognisable; see also Thesaurus:indescribable
- (antonym(s) of “memorable”): forgettable, irrelevant
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