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nameable

American  
[nay-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


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Even so, Lupyan and his colleagues found strong differences in participants' ability to learn which circles went into the different categories based on how easily nameable the colors were.

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

Hence there is at least one nameable way in which, even in accordance with observed facts, a Supreme Mind could be competent to direct the phenomena of observable nature.

From A Candid Examination of Theism by George John Romanes

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