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Definition of Figurable
1. a. Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.
Definition of Figurable
1. Adjective. Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Figurable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Figurable
Literary usage of Figurable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"figurable is capable of receiving and retaining forms: ... W« The différences of
impressible and not impre«iblf, figurable and w<i figurable, ..."
2. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1876)
"The differences of impressible and not impressible; figurable and not figurable ;
mouldable and not mouldable ; scissile and not scissile ; and many other ..."
3. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1806)
"(91) Made of potter's clay. Aa 2 Capable of being brought to certain form, and
retained in it. Thus lead is figurable, but not water. ..."
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