passable
Etymology
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Etymology
From French passable.
Adjectivepassable
- That may be passed or traversed.
- Tolerable; adequate; no more than satisfactory.
- (sociology) able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard one as belonging.
- 2014, Paul Stryker, Confessions of a Sex Offender, page 33:
- The idea of something, or someone, being unusual and sexual is intoxicating. I concluded that if I ever met a very passable transsexual and we were attracted to one another, I'd go bisexual and pursue the relationship.
- (adequate) See Thesaurus:satisfactory
- German: passierbar
- Italian: passabile
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