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educationable

adj

Etymology

From education + -able.

  1. derived from ēducātiō
  2. borrowed from éducation
  3. suffixed as educationable — “education + able”

Definitions

  1. Able or fit to be educated.

    • This offer and this profession, so made to the educationable classes of our Indian subjects, must no doubt be condemned by Christian men, on the ground of reasons which they will regard as absolute and irresistible.
    • Moreover, there are at present approximately 360 children in social adjustment classes and 3,786 children in the educationable retarded category […]
    • About 25 % could be classified as fully knowledgeable, the others who had been operated on were mentally damaged but still educationable.

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