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accostable

adj

Etymology

Originally from French accostable, in later usage partly recoined from accost + -able.

  1. borrowed from accostable

Definitions

  1. Approachable

    Approachable; affable; willing to be accosted.

    • Old soldiers, I know not why, seem to be more accostable than old sailors. One is apt to hear a growl beneath the smoothest courtesy of the latter.
    • Online communities becoming increasingly accostable to their users does not always lead to higher overall activity.
    • “I always felt that I knew what to do in those circumstances,” she continued. “I didn’t feel … accostable. I never felt that I was being insulted, demeaned. I didn’t recognize it as that.[…]”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA