lengthenable

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adjective

That may be lengthened.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectivelengthenable (comparative more lengthenable, superlative most lengthenable)

comparative more lengthenable · superlative most lengthenable

  1. That may be lengthened.

    If we consider the etymological sources of the two sets of vowels, the lengthenable and non-lengthenable[…]

    1974, John Mathieson Anderson, Charles Jones, Historical Linguistics: Theory and description in phonology, page 319

Origin

From lengthen + -able.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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