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sufferable

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfəɹəb(ə)l/

The English word “sufferable” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Able to suffer, endure, or tolerate.
  2. Capable of being endured, tolerated, permitted, or allowed.

Etymology

PIE word *upó From Middle English sufferable, souffrable (“bearable, endurable, tolerable; allowable, permissible; able to or willing to bear hardship; forbearing, long-suffering; calm, self-restrained, slow to anger; capable of suffering”), from Anglo-Norman sufferable, souffrable, and Old French souffrable, suffrable (“sufferable, tolerable”)), from Medieval Latin sufferābilis, from Latin…

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