omissible

[oh-mis-uh-buhl]

adjective

1. capable of being or allowed to be omitted.

Other Word Forms

• nonomissible adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of omissible¹

1810–20; < Latin omiss ( us ) ( omission ) + -ible

Example Sentences

As we shall see, many omissible words earn their keep by preventing the reader from making a wrong turn as she navigates her way through the sentence.

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Nevertheless it is not quite omissible in such a history as this, or in any history of French literature.

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Of Ziethen there are two famous Review Anecdotes, omitted and omissible by Kaltenborn, so well known are they: one of each kind.

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