specifiable

[spes-uh-fahy-uh-buhl]

adjective

1. that can be specified.

Other Word Forms

• nonspecifiable adjective
• unspecifiable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of specifiable¹

First recorded in 1655–65; specify + -able

Example Sentences

Just as the words black and wrong have no specifiable empirical content, the word right has none, either.

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There must be some specifiable criteria by which an application would be disqualified, e.g., net worth or income.

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That is to say, it is marked by51 specifiable logical traits not found in physical occurrences as such.

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The motion is not a simple circle nor has it a readily specifiable period.

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No crime or misdemeanor specifiable on either side; unhappy together, these good many years past, and they at length end it.—Sulzer said, "Men are by nature good."

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