illustrableとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

illustrate +‎ -able, imitating a pattern of omitting -ate when adding -able, a pattern probably derived from words derived from Latin adjectives that are derived from Latin verbs which entered English via a form derived from the past participle.

形容詞

illustrable (comparative more illustrable, superlative most illustrable)

1. Capable of illustration.
   • 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus

     Mechanics make use hereof in forcipal organs, and instruments of incision ; wherein who can but magnify the power of decussation , inservient to contrary ends , solution and consolidation , union and division , illustrable from Aristotle in the old nuciragium, or nutcracker.

同意語

• (capable of illustration): illustratable