earable
English
Alternative forms
- errable (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English ayreable, erable, erybyll; equivalent to ear (“to plough”) + -able, on the model of arable, which is a piecewise doublet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪəɹəbəl/
Adjective
earable (comparative more earable, superlative most earable)
References
- “earable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.