Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of giving pain; painful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Causing pain; painful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
painful
Etymologies
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pain + -able. Compare French pénible.
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