Meanings
comparative more scribbleable · superlative most scribbleable
- Suitable for scribbling upon.
He […] commenced to scribble on any scribbleable surface that could be found, no mean task aboard a whaler, which is not fitted out in any wise for penmen or for scholars.
2010, Anne Finger, Call Me Ahab, page 1912 more examples
But I believe most travellers have much nobler sensations in Virgil's tomb, and there is a great deal of testimony borne to their lofty sentiments on every scribbleable inch of its walls.
1878, William Dean Howells, Italian Journeys, page 83Scrawled over every scribbleable surface, they are tattoos in time; the result of fresh-risen panic as the console operator failed to find paper quick enough to scribble the numberplate of a car […]
2024, David Goodwin, Servo: Tales from the Graveyard Shift
Origin
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scribbleable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scribbleable
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