- a variation of nameable.
namable
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She's into every namable thing in the neighborhood, an' not only into it, but generally at the head an' front of it, especially when it's mischief.
From Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
There her dust mingles with that of John Bunyan, of Daniel de Foe, of Isaac Watts, of William Blake, of Thomas Stothard, and a multitude of nameless or of most namable others.
From London Films by William Dean Howells
For of all the virtues namable among men, consider, and you will find there is not one but may be increased by learning and practice.
From The Memorabilia by Henry Graham Dakyns
After four years of this the young mother died, of no namable disease, unless you call it heart-failure, and the boy was left to his grandmother's care and company among the trees.
From The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales by Henry Van Dyke
A man leads his fellows—many of whom are his superiors in most namable qualities—simply because of something unnamable in him that makes him assume the leadership, and they accept it.
From The Struggle for Missouri by John McElroy
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