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beatable

adj

Etymology

From beat + -able, in the sense of "able to be bettered" as a back-formation from unbeatable.

  1. derived from *bautaną✻ — “to push, strike”
  2. derived from *bautan✻
  3. derived from bēatan — “to beat, pound, strike, lash, dash, thrust, hurt, injure”
  4. inherited from beten
  5. suffixed as beatable — “beat + able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be beaten or bettered.

  2. Able to be beaten or thrashed.

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