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nameable

American  
[ney-muh-buhl] / ˈneɪ mə bəl /
Or namable

adjective

  1. capable of or susceptible to being named or identified; identifiable.

  2. worth mentioning by name; notable; memorable.


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Etymology

Origin of nameable

First recorded in 1770–80; name + -able

Example Sentences

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All the colors, regardless of how nameable they were in English, were equally easy to discriminate visually from one another.

From Scientific American Oct. 18, 2023

But now, during a global pandemic, those nebulous anxieties hardened into something nameable.

From The Guardian May 5, 2020

So the question is, what perceptual habits and patterns of consumption are we now acquiring that will be discernible and nameable only to observers a century from now?

From Slate Jan. 4, 2018

Until last year, Sterling K. Brown and Brian Tyree Henry had carved out parallel careers as recognizable but not particularly nameable actors.

From New York Times Aug. 25, 2017

All things in their fundamental nature are not nameable or explicable.

From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath

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