Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being written, or of being written upon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Capable of being written, or of being written upon.
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- adjective Capable of being
written , or of being written upon.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Redemption of this sort is a motif, applicable in both cases and de - scribable in anonymous terms, whereas myth or legend always has a proper name or at least a local habitation which it gains from the identity of a hero or concrete situation.
MOTIF HARRY LEVIN 1968
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For all permanent purposes "boc-fel," or book-skin, was used; either vellum or "parchëmyn smothe, whyte and scribable."
Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911
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The man sat all twisted and huddled in his chair in a way which gave an inde - scribable impression of deformity; but the face which he turned towards us, though worn and swarthy, must at some time have been remarkable for its beauty.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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The man sat all twisted and huddled in his chair in a way which gave an inde - scribable impression of deformity; but the face which he turned towards us, though worn and swarthy, must at some time have been remarkable for its beauty.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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March 5, 2012