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rationable

adj

Etymology

From Middle English racionable, a learned borrowing from Classical Latin ratiōnābilis. Doublet of reasonable.

  1. derived from ratiōnābilis
  2. inherited from racionable

Definitions

  1. Suitable for being rationed.

    • Stocks fell 60 percent in two months to 35000 tons of rationable meat.

  2. Synonym of rational or reasonable.

    • Instinctive drives are, in this sense, rationable; they are admitted, by the mature individual, to influence on his behavior only on condition of contributing to the going program of action.

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