Meanings
adjectiveexceptionable (comparative more exceptionable, superlative most exceptionable)
comparative more exceptionable · superlative most exceptionable
- Liable to cause disapproval, objection or debate.
The subject however is rendered still more exceptionable by the aukward and ridiculous manner in which it is here treated.
1760, Tobias Smollett, Annals of Literature: Volume 36
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveliable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Italic*kapjō
- Latincapiō
- Latinexcipiō
- Latinexceptiō
- Old Frenchexcepcion
- Anglo-Normanexcepcioun
- Middle Englishexception
- Englishexception
- Englishexceptionable
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APA
exceptionable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceptionable
MLA
“exceptionable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceptionable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exceptionable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceptionable.
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