"trowable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more trowable [comparative], most trowable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English trowable, trowabile, equivalent to trow + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trowable}} Middle English trowable, {{m|enm|trowabile}} trowabile, {{suffix|en|trow|able}} trow + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} trowable (comparative more trowable, superlative most trowable)
  1. (dialectal) Credible; believable. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-trowable-en-adj-c-~oQUkg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 68 32
  2. (rare) Fit to be or worthy of being betrothed; betrothable. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-trowable-en-adj-~YSbYWqg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: trowabil [Scotland] Derived forms: untrowable

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