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Definition of Deceivable
1. a. Fitted to deceive; deceitful.
Definition of Deceivable
1. Adjective. Able to be deceived; gullible. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) Deceitful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deceivable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deceivable
Literary usage of Deceivable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... deceivable (rare). fallow, a. uncultivated, unplowed, un- tilled, lea, ley or
lay (Eng.). Antonyms: cultivated (see CULTIVATE). false, ai See UNTRUTHFUL ..."
2. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1763)
"thrums, hair and other deceivable thing!, into and w'tth'm or upon the faid broad
woolen clothes, the faid broad woolen clothes be much ..."
3. Commentary Upon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Romans by Jean Calvin (1844)
"Furthermore, the nature of man is called corporeal, because he being deprived of
celestial grace, is only a certain deceivable shadow or image. ..."
4. Shakespeare Illustrated by the Lex Scripta by William Lowes Rushton (1870)
"... them as deceivable things. Ros. My lord, you once did love me. Ham. So I do
still, by these pickers ..."
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