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tamable

or tame·a·ble

[tey-muh-buh l]

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adjective

able to be tamed.

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convenient, feasible, workable, docile, easy, governable, obedient, submissive, tractable, trained, amendable

Origin of tamable

First recorded in 1545–55; tame + -able

Related formstam·a·bil·i·ty, tam·a·ble·ness, nounun·tam·a·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for tamable

Historical Examples of tamable

Remember that, unlike the zebra, they are tamable in captivity, you'll be soaring with me yet.
In Apple-Blossom Time
Clara Louise Burnham
Some species of the rhinoceros, if not all, seem to be tamable.
Natural History in Anecdote
Various
Some of these baboons are as tamable and teachable as other monkeys, but they grow unruly and ferocious as they become old.
Zoology: The Science of Animal Life
Ernest Ingersoll
How is it, en passant, that some animals are naturally fearless and tamable, others not; and that even in the same family?
At Last
Charles Kingsley