Meanings
- not comparableuncommonCapable of being presumed, or being presumed as such.
This is evidence in favor of a pre-Roman language affiliation between Sardinia and southern continental Europe. A similar suffix -αρ- has also been identified in presumable pre-Greek words.
2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 4491 more example
The chapter that troubles me is the one on "Straight Men, Gay Fantasies." The presumable criterion for including fantasies in this chapter is that the men do not identify themselves as gay, but usually it is because they are struggling with the idea of a "gay identity" and what it might mean to them to declare themselves as gay, in conflict with society's dictates.
1981 February 14, Gary Ralph, “Shake 'N' Bake Sexology”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 16
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being inferred on slight grounds
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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