sperable

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adjective

hopeful or hoped for

OriginLatin sperabilis →
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Meanings

adjectivesperable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoletehopeful or hoped for

    wee may either cast it away, if it be found but a Bladder; Or discharge it, of so much as is vaine, and not sperable.

    1622 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “An Advertisement Touching an Holy Warre. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC, page 107

Origin

  1. Latinsperabilis
  2. Englishsperable

From Latin sperabilis. Compare esperance and see -ible.

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Translations

Portuguese esperável
  • esperávelTranslations
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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