breedable

adj

Etymology

From breed + -able.

  1. derived from *bʰreh₁- — “warm
  2. inherited from *brōdijaną — “to brood
  3. inherited from brēdan
  4. inherited from breden
  5. suffixed as breedable — “breed + able

Definitions

  1. Able to breed or be bred.

    • According to the Chinook Owners Association, by 1981, there were only 11 breedable Chinook dogs in the world.
  2. Attractive, particularly in a submissive or effeminate way.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for breedable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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