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specifiable

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English specify Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English specifiable From specify + -able.

  1. Able to be specified

    “Malament’s suggestion […] provides a striking example of how close the descriptive content of the two theories is in at least one precisely specifiable sense.”