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Definition of Sufferable
1. Adjective. Capable of being borne though unpleasant. "Sufferable punishment"
Definition of Sufferable
1. a. Able to suffer or endure; patient.
Definition of Sufferable
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Able to suffer or endure; patient. ¹
2. Adjective. That may be suffered; capable of being tolerated, endured or permitted; allowable; tolerable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sufferable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sufferable
Literary usage of Sufferable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of John Evelyn ...: Comprising His Diary, from 1641-1705-6, and a by John Evelyn (1827)
"... salvation out of that, no reformation sufferable, bottoming all their errors
on St. Peter's successors un- ..."
2. The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or Miscellaneous Collections in History by Jeremiah Whitaker Newman (1838)
"... there is something romantic and antiquated, that renders rustic ignorance
sufferable; but in large cities the majority have no taste, or worse than none ..."
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