rewatchable

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adjective

Pleasant to watch more than once.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adjectiverewatchable (comparative more rewatchable, superlative most rewatchable)

comparative more rewatchable · superlative most rewatchable · alternative re-watchable

  1. Pleasant to watch more than once.

    No ballets are more rewatchable than Balanchine's: to return to them, even after decades of acquaintance, is usually to recognize new points that you'd previously looked at without really seeing.

    2009 January 8, Alastair Macaulay, “The Twirling Kaleidoscope That Is Balanchine”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Old Englishwæċċan
  7. Middle Englishwacchen
  8. Englishwatch
  9. Englishrewatch
  10. Englishrewatchable

From rewatch + -able.

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Translations

Finnish uudelleen katsottava
  • uudelleen katsottavapleasant to watch more than once
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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