damnable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English dampnable, from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damn + -able.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
damnable (comparative more damnable, superlative most damnable)
- Capable of being damned.
- Deserving of damnation; very bad.
- That damnable fridge has stopped working again.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- Great God! They were moving! They were rushing swiftly and noiselessly downwards! Black, black as night, huge, ill-defined, semi-human and altogether evil and damnable.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
deserving of damnation
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damner + -able.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
damnable (plural damnables)
Further reading[edit]
- “damnable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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