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embarrassability

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒆟 (rakāsum) Akkadian 𒄙 (markasu)bor. Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā)bor. Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa)der. Old Galician-Portuguese baraço Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçarbor. Old Spanish embaraçar Spanish embarazarbor. French embarrasserbor. English embarrass Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English embarrassability From embarrass + -ability.

  1. derived from -ablete English -ability English embarrassability From embarrass + -ability
  2. derived from embarrass Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor
  3. derived from embarrasserbor
  4. derived from embaraçar Spanish embarazarbor
  5. derived from baraço Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçarbor

Definitions

  1. The quality of being embarrassable.

    • Thus strategic self-demeaners often obtain their ends. The brazen-faced, the man with ko ga muchi (a thick-skinned face) can 'do well' if he can count on the embarrassability of others.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for embarrassability. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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