Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of being certified.
- adjective Fit to be declared mentally incompetent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being certified or attested: as, certifiable results.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective presenting symptoms of mental illness sufficient for legal commitment to a mental institution.
- adjective capable of being guaranteed or certified: a
certifiable fact.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a document That can, or that must be
certified . - adjective informal, of a person
Mentally ill to such an extent thatinvoluntary institutionalization isappropriate ;crazy . - noun informal A crazy person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)
- adjective capable of being guaranteed or certified
Etymologies
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Examples
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My bank statements showed, consistently, deposits every month that exceeded the required $1000 minimum, but the only "certifiable" deposit was SS, which was $8 short.
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If Mailer's more sane than he used to be, then he used to be "certifiable".
Old age is cool. Ann Althouse 2007
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I certainly agree with sick here though, we most certainly must be considered "certifiable" based on our posting
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local RoyalT 2010
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The people that are "certifiable" are you all that keep crying, "the sky is falling! the sky is falling!".
Propeller Most Popular Stories RedRiverJ 2010
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I certainly agree with sick here though, we most certainly must be considered "certifiable" based on our posting
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local RoyalT 2010
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I certainly agree with sick here though, we most certainly must be considered "certifiable" based on our posting
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local DemBroncs 2010
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The people that are "certifiable" are you all that keep crying, "the sky is falling! the sky is falling!".
Propeller Most Popular Stories RedRiverJ 2010
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I certainly agree with sick here though, we most certainly must be considered "certifiable" based on our posting
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local DemBroncs 2010
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The people that are "certifiable" are you all that keep crying, "the sky is falling! the sky is falling!".
Propeller Most Popular Stories RedRiverJ 2010
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I certainly agree with sick here though, we most certainly must be considered "certifiable" based on our posting
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local DemBroncs 2010
mialuthien commented on the word certifiable
certifiable – able to be guaranteed; able to be authorized; confirmable; insane, legally able to be committed to an insane asylum
July 14, 2008
reesetee commented on the word certifiable
Mia, I first read that as "inane asylum," a concept infinitely more frightening to me than the alternative.
July 22, 2008
mialuthien commented on the word certifiable
Who do you think ought to be committed there, Reesetee? :) I think it should be people who witter inanities nonstop. Or just plain inane people.
July 22, 2008
bilby commented on the word certifiable
WeirdNet, please rethink use of fit here.
January 21, 2009
reesetee commented on the word certifiable
Truly.
January 23, 2009