omissible

[ oh-mis-uh-buhl ]

/ oʊˈmɪs ə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being or allowed to be omitted.

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Origin of omissible

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

OTHER WORDS FROM omissible

non·o·mis·si·ble, adjective

Words nearby omissible

OMG, omicron, omics, omigod, ominous, omissible, omission, omissive, omit, omitted, Omiya

How to use omissible in a sentence

Omissible here; the fixity of purpose being plain otherwise to Voltaire and us.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
Nevertheless it is not quite omissible in such a history as this, or in any history of French literature.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1|George Saintsbury