exceptionableness

noun

exceptionability

OriginEnglish exceptionable ← Middle English exception ← Anglo-Norman excepcioun →
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Meanings

nounexceptionableness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableexceptionability

    Minor criminals are to a large extent capable of improvement. To accomplish this, the perversity and exceptionableness of their actions must be recognized.

    1890 April, Arthur MacDonald, “[[d:Q139623302|Ueber die Körperluchen und geistigen Eigenthümlichkeiten der Verbrecher [review]]]”, in American Journal of Psychology, volume 3, number 2, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 233

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  8. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  9. Latincapiō
  10. Latinexcipiō
  11. Latinexceptiō
  12. Old Frenchexcepcion
  13. Anglo-Normanexcepcioun
  14. Middle Englishexception
  15. Englishexception
  16. Englishexceptionable
  17. Englishexceptionableness

From exceptionable + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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