painable

English

Etymology

From pain +‎ -able. Compare French pénible.

Adjective

painable (comparative more painable, superlative most painable)

  1. (obsolete) Painful.
    Synonyms: excruciating, torturous; see also Thesaurus:agonizing
    • 1649, John Evelyn, Of Liberty and Servitude:
      The manacles of Astyages were not […] the less weighty and paynable for being composed of gold or silver.

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