Meanings
comparative more remediable · superlative most remediable
- Capable of being remedied.
1 more example
Then from his cavernous armpit drew and gave The singing leaves, not such as erst I knew, But strange, disjointed, where the unmeasured feet Staggered allwhither in pursuit of rhyme, And could not find it; assonance instead, Cases and verbs misplaced—remediable those — Broad-shouldered coarseness, fondly meant for wit.
1955, Edmund Wilson, The shock of recognition, page 381
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being remedied or redressed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinremediābilis
- Old Frenchremedïable
- Middle Englishremediable
- Englishremediable
From Middle English remediable, from Old French remedïable and Latin remediābilis. By surface analysis, remediate + -able, or perhaps remedy + ‑able.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian излечим
- излечим (izlečim)capable of being remedied
Hungarian orvosolható
- orvosolhatócapable of being remedied
Cite this entry
remediable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remediable
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