wear·a·ble

[wair-uh-buhl]
adjective
1.
capable of being worn; appropriate, suitable, or ready for wearing.
noun
2.
Usually, wearables. that which may be worn, as clothing. See also wearable computer.

Origin:
1580–90; wear + -able

un·wear·a·ble, adjective
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wearable (ˈwɛərəbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  suitable for wear or able to be worn
 
n
2.  (often plural) any garment that can be worn
 
weara'bility
 
n

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Wearable 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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Main Entry:  wearable
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See wearable computer
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Example sentences
Both are wearable repair items that say more about his driving style than the
  vehicle's reliability itself.
Given the wild colors and graphics of surf gear, these far out clothes looked
  immediately wearable.
The designer pulled off the impossible, blending multiple motifs into a cute,
  wearable penny loafer.
He says the technology is a fun first step toward the electronic clothing and
  wearable computers of the future.
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