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bruisable

adj

Etymology

From bruise + -able.

  1. derived from *bruseti✻ — “to break”
  2. derived from *brus-✻
  3. derived from bruiser
  4. inherited from *brausijaną✻
  5. inherited from brȳsan
  6. derived from *bʰrews-✻ — “to break”
  7. inherited from bruisen
  8. suffixed as bruisable — “bruise + able”

Definitions

  1. Susceptible to bruising

    Susceptible to bruising; capable of being bruised.

    • She will go, and I shall be left—to my uncle, to the books, to Mrs Stiles, to some new meek and bruisable girl . . .

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