"nameable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: name + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|name|able}} name + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nameable (not comparable)
  1. Capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-nameable-en-adj-bNHJdGO0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 84 16
  2. (obsolete) Worthy of being named or having a name; significant; memorable (especially in negative expressions). Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-nameable-en-adj-kc8ITk~v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: distinguishable [name, specific], identifiable [name, specific], recognisable [name, specific], notable, namable

Alternative forms

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          "text": "1635, Alexander Gill, The Sacred Philosophie of Holy Scripture, London: Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, Chapter 8, p. 30,\n[God’s] pure being, because it is neither understandable, nor nameable by us, we speake of goodnesse, of power, &c. as of the effluences or prime acts thereof […]"
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          "ref": "1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Search for Mr. Hyde”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, page 25",
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          "ref": "2007 June 20, Trev Broughton, “More work for Margery Allingham”, in The Times Literary Supplement",
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          "ref": "2014 June 6, Griffin McElroy, “Tomodachi Life review”, in Polygon",
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