"meliorable" meaning in All languages combined

See meliorable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more meliorable [comparative], most meliorable [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin melior (“better (than)”) + -able. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|melior|-able|lang1=la|t1=better (than)}} Latin melior (“better (than)”) + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} meliorable (comparative more meliorable, superlative most meliorable)
  1. Able to be improved.
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