predicable

American  

[pred-i-kuh-buhl] / ˈprɛd ɪ kə bəl /

adjective

1. that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.

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noun

1. that which may be predicated; an attribute.

2. Logic. any one of the various kinds of predicate that may be used of a subject.

predicable British  

/ ˈprɛdɪkəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being predicated or asserted

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noun

1. a quality, attribute, etc, that can be predicated

2. obsolete logic one of the five Aristotelian classes of predicates ( the five heads of predicables ), namely genus, species, difference, property, and relation

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• unpredicably
  adverb
• unpredicableness
  noun
• predicably
  adverb
• predicability
  noun
• predicableness
  noun
• unpredicable
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of predicable

1545–55; < Latin praedicābilis assertable, Latin: praiseworthy, equivalent to praedicā ( re ) to declare publicly ( see predicate) + -bilis -ble