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fleeable

adj

Etymology

From flee + -able. Compare Middle English fleable (“to be fled from or avoided”).

  1. derived from *plewk-✻
  2. inherited from *fleuhaną✻
  3. inherited from *fleuhan✻
  4. inherited from flēon
  5. inherited from flen
  6. suffixed as fleeable — “flee + able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be fled from

    Able to be fled from; escapable.

    • Later, Sylvester's enthusiasm once again gets him into trouble, as he doesn't realize until the fleeable moment has passed that he has sawed himself through a bridge.

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