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thinkable

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈθɪŋkəbəl/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *þankijan Old English þenċan Middle English thinken English think 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 thinkable From think + -able.

  1. Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable.

    “Nothing can separate us; not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not threats, not even sin, not the thinkable or unthinkable can get between us,” it reads.

  2. Morally acceptable or legal.