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   -able

   /əb(ə)l/

   suffix

   • 1. (forming adjectives) able to be: "calculable"
   • 2. (forming adjectives) to be: "payable"
   • 3. (forming adjectives) subject to: "taxable"
   • 4. (forming adjectives) relevant to or in accordance with: "fashionable"
   • 5. (forming adjectives) having the quality to: "suitable"

   Word Origin from French -able or Latin -abilis; originally found in words only from these forms but later used to form adjectives directly from English verbs ending in -ate, e.g. educable from educate; subsequently used to form adjectives from verbs of all types (influenced by the unrelated word able), e.g. bearable, saleable.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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