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  • adjective Capable of being capsized.

Etymologies

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capsize +‎ -able

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Examples

  • "She's been upset out of everything from a balloon to a house afire, and now she's looking for new capsizable craft."

    The Perils of Pauline Charles Goddard 1915

  • Down the middle of the scene ran that wonderful river, which is always rippling with the same regular waves; and always bearing onward the same capsizable galleys, with the same vermilion and blue revelers striking lyres on the deck.

    Hide and Seek Wilkie Collins 1856

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