eradicable

[ ih-rad-i-kuh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

1840–50; < Late Latin ērādīcābilis, equivalent to Latin ērādīc ( āre ) to eradicate + -ābilis -able

He loved, and the transient doubt which had saddened his thoughts could not struggle against a thought which was now eradicable.

Disease had been communicated several years before, of a kind which was much more communicable then, than it was eradicable now.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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