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flatterable

adj

Etymology

From flatter + -able.

  1. derived from *peled-✻ — “moisture, wetness”
  2. derived from *flaþrōną✻ — “to fawn over, flutter”
  3. derived from flaðra — “to fawn on someone, flatter”
  4. derived from *plewd-✻ — “to flow, swim”
  5. inherited from *flutrōną✻ — “to be floating”
  6. inherited from *flotrōn✻
  7. inherited from floterian
  8. inherited from flatteren
  9. suffixed as flatterable — “flatter + able”

Definitions

  1. Susceptible to flattery.

    • And, besides, he was the most flatterable creature that ever was known; for there was a method of resignation to him, and treating him with little meals, and private, with his pipe, at ease, which certainly captivated him.

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