clubbable

American

[kluhb-uh-buhl] / ˈklʌb ə bəl /

Or clubable

adjective

fit to be a member of a social club; sociable.

clubbable British

/ ˈklʌbəbəl /

adjective

suitable to be a member of a club; sociable

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Other Word Forms

clubability noun
clubbability noun

Etymology

Origin of clubbable

First recorded in 1775–85; club + -able

Example Sentences

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Over the course of four series, this blurring of reality has coloured how people respond to them in real life: seeing them as the clubbable Brydon and the prickly Coogan.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2020

Its top editors have tended to be tweedy, clubbable figures who slip between academia and the upper reaches of journalism.

From New York Times • May 26, 2018

I was obviously more clubbable than I had imagined.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2018

He already has a growing band of champions, led by Ben Wallace, the MP for Wyre and Preston North; yet he is less clubbable than he seems.

From Economist • Apr. 23, 2015

I suppose I am not, as Johnson said, a "clubbable" man.

From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus

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