evitable

[ev-i-tuh-buhl] Origin

ev·i·ta·ble

[ev-i-tuh-buhl]
adjective
capable of being avoided; avoidable.

Origin:
1495–1505; < Latin ēvītābilis. See evite, -able
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Evitable is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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evitable (ˈɛvɪtəbəl)
 
adj
rare able to be avoided
 
[C16: from Latin ēvītābilis, from ēvītāre, from vītāre to avoid]

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evitable
c.1500, from L. evitabilis, from evitare (see inevitable).
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