Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fit to be sought after; desirable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Worthy of being wished for; desirable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Worthy of being
wished for;desirable .
Etymologies
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Latin, expetibilis, from expetere to wish for; ex out + petere to seek.
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Examples
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Now, the right of dominion and the right of a creditor are things in themselves expetible and desirable, without the consideration of any public aim.”
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967
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