endurable

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin indūrō Latin indūrāreder. Old French endurerbor. Middle English enduren English endure Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English endurable From endure + -able.

1. Able to be endured; tolerable; bearable.

   “A sharp keen wind blew dead against us; a hard frost prevailed on shore; and the cold was most severe. Yet the air was so intensely clear, and dry, and bright, that the temperature was not only endurable, but delicious.”

   “As his bodily strength increased, and his health, considerably impaired by inward suffering, improved, the trouble of his soul became more endurable—and in some measure to endure is to conquer and destroy.”

2. Capable of enduring; likely to endure; durable.

   “[…] the agriculturist would outlive the struggle, and his property be as fixed and endurable as the oaks which were planted by his ancestors.”

   “Albert E. Brum was born into one of Petawawa’s founding families who eventually established one of the area’s most endurable businesses.”