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counsellable

adj

Etymology

From counsel + -able.

  1. derived from cōnsilium
  2. derived from conseil
  3. inherited from counseil
  4. suffixed as counsellable — “counsel + able”

Definitions

  1. Willing to receive counsel or follow advice.

    • Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counsellable than he.

  2. advisable

    advisable; prudent

    • 1660/1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, written by Himself He did not believe it counsellable.

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