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tamable

[tey-muh-buhl]

adjective

able to be tamed.

Also, tameable.

Origin:
1545–55; tame + -able

Related forms

tam·a·bil·i·ty, tam·a·ble·ness, noun

un·tam·a·ble, adjective

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tame (teɪm)

—*adj*
1.	changed by man from a naturally wild state into a tractable, domesticated, or cultivated condition
2.	(of animals) not fearful of human contact
3.	lacking in spirit or initiative; meek or submissive: a tame personality
4.	flat, insipid, or uninspiring: a tame ending to a book
5.	slow-moving: a tame current

—vb
6.	to make tame; domesticate
7.	to break the spirit of, subdue, or curb
8.	to tone down, soften, or mitigate

[Old English tam; related to Old Norse tamr, Old High German zam]

'tamable

—*adj*

'tameable

—*adj*

tama'bility

—n

tamea'bility

—n

'tamableness

—n

'tameableness

—n

'tameless

—*adj*

'tamely

—*adv*

'tameness

—n

'tamer

—n

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