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conversable

adj

Etymology

From converse + -able.

  1. derived from conversor — “live, have dealings with”
  2. derived from converser
  3. suffixed as conversable — “converse + able”

Definitions

  1. Able and inclined to engage in conversation.

    • It is proper for a Gentleman […] to be Civil, and Conversible in Discourse, to know Men and Manners.

  2. Able to be conversed with.

    • […] it is not the invisible Devil that I am enquiring after, but an appearing conversible Daemon or Evil Spirit […] assuming human Shape, or at least Voice,
    • […] a full-grown horse, or dog, is beyond comparison a more rational, as well as a more conversible animal, than an infant of a day, or a week, or even a month, old.

  3. Pertaining to, suited for or exhibiting conversation.

    • 1691, John Hartcliffe, A Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues, London: C. Harper, p. 156, Of the Three Conversable VIRTUES […] The Virtues which adorn and recommend a Man in Conversation […]

The neighborhood

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