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cherishable

adj

Etymology

From cherish + -able.

  1. derived from *keh₂-✻
  2. derived from cārus
  3. inherited from charish
  4. suffixed as cherishable — “cherish + able”

Definitions

  1. Capable of, or suitable for, being cherished.

    • Building a cherishable memory is equally necessary in divorce situations.
    • Those of us who carry HIV around owe more than a bit of gratitude to Paul Monette, who makes a person living with AIDS not only a reliable narrator, but a cherishable character, and, for Christ's sake, a love interest.
    • He said that objects first become cherishable, after which they get nostalgic value. Finally they end up being antiques.

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