censurable
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editcensurable (comparative more censurable, superlative most censurable)
- Deserving of censure; blameworthy.
- 1648, Walter Montagu, “Of Scurrility”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia[1], London: W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell, section 2, page 144:
- ... and well considered, me thinks this is one of the most censurable parts of this licentiousnesse, in regard it laboureth to taint the whole body of conversation, as it corrupteth the nature of words, which are the Publique Faith, whereupon all innocent discourse must needs trust it selfe, so that this perversion seemeth a publick impediment to the commerce of all vertuous communication ...
Derived terms
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editdeserving of censure
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Spanish
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editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /
θ ensuˈɾable/ [θ ẽn.suˈɾa.β ̞le] - IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sensuˈɾable/ [sẽn.suˈɾa.
β ̞le] - Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: cen‧su‧ra‧ble
Adjective
editcensurable m or f (masculine and feminine plural censurables)
Further reading
edit- “censurable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014