blamable

[bley-muh-buhl]

blam·a·ble

[bley-muh-buhl]
adjective
deserving blame; censurable.


Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see blame, -able

blam·a·bly, adverb
non·blam·a·ble, adjective
non·blam·a·ble·ness, noun
non·blam·a·b·ly, adverb
un·blam·a·ble, adjective
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un·blam·a·ble·ness, noun
un·blam·a·b·ly, adverb
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Blamable is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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blame (bleɪm)
 
n
1.  responsibility for something that is wrong or deserving censure; culpability
2.  an expression of condemnation; reproof
3.  be to blame to be at fault or culpable
 
vb
4.  (usually foll by for) to attribute responsibility to; accuse: I blame him for the failure
5.  (usually foll by on) to ascribe responsibility for (something) to: I blame the failure on him
6.  to find fault with
 
[C12: from Old French blasmer, ultimately from Late Latin blasphēmāre to blaspheme]
 
'blamable
 
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'blameable
 
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'blamably
 
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'blameably
 
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