castigable

English

Adjective

castigable (comparative more castigable, superlative most castigable)

  1. Able or worthy to be punished.
    • 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun:
      They are at least logical that say to castigate folly you must first exhibit folly as a castigable thing, and in showing folly you thus cause more folly.

Spanish

Etymology

From castigar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kastiˈɡable/ [kas.t̪iˈɣ̞a.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: cas‧ti‧ga‧ble

Adjective

castigable m or f (masculine and feminine plural castigables)

  1. punishable
    Synonym: punible
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