predicable

[ pred-i-kuh-buhl ]

adjective
  1. that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.

noun
  1. that which may be predicated; an attribute.

  2. Logic. any one of the various kinds of predicate that may be used of a subject.

Origin of predicable

1
1545–55; <Latin praedicābilis assertable, Latin: praiseworthy, equivalent to praedicā(re) to declare publicly (see predicate) + -bilis-ble

Other words from predicable

  • pred·i·ca·bil·i·ty, pred·i·ca·ble·ness, noun
  • pred·i·ca·bly, adverb
  • un·pred·i·ca·ble, adjective
  • un·pred·i·ca·ble·ness, noun
  • un·pred·i·ca·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for predicable

predicable

/ (ˈprɛdɪkəbəl) /


adjective
  1. capable of being predicated or asserted

noun
  1. a quality, attribute, etc, that can be predicated

  2. logic obsolete one of the five Aristotelian classes of predicates (the five heads of predicables), namely genus, species, difference, property, and relation

Origin of predicable

1
C16: from Latin praedicābilis, from praedicāre to assert publicly; see predicate, preach

Derived forms of predicable

  • predicability or predicableness, noun

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