accusable

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/əˈkjuːzəbl/

adjective

Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or breach; blamable

“If you publish that article, you are accusable of libel.”

OriginLatin accūsābilis ← Old Latin caussa ← Proto-Italic *kaussā →
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Meanings

adjectiveaccusable (comparative more accusable, superlative most accusable)

comparative more accusable · superlative most accusable

  1. Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or breach; blamable

    If you publish that article, you are accusable of libel.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Italic*kaussā
  6. Old Latincaussa
  7. Latincausa
  8. Latinaccūsō
  9. Latinaccūsābilis
  10. Englishaccusable

Borrowed from Latin accūsābilis (“accusable”), corresponding to accuse + -able; compare French accusable.

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Translations

Latin accusabilis
  • accusabilisliable to be accused
Portuguese acusável
  • acusávelliable to be accused

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

subcaecal
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APA

accusable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accusable

MLA

“accusable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accusable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “accusable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/accusable.

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