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beggable

adj

Etymology

From beg + -able.

  1. derived from begart — “kind of lay brother”
  2. derived from *bedagō✻ — “petitioner, requester, beggar”
  3. derived from *bedu✻
  4. inherited from *bedukōn✻
  5. inherited from beggen
  6. suffixed as beggable — “beg + able”

Definitions

  1. Capable of being begged.

    • I was going to ask him if he could make me a bit lame in one leg during the middle of the week. You know, something beggable, but not leprosy, which is a pain in the arse, to be blunt.

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