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readability

noun
/ˌɹiːdəˈbɪlɪti/UK/ˌɹiːdəˈbɪləti//ˌɹidəˈbɪləti/CA

Etymology

From readable + -ity or read + -ability.

  1. derived from *Hreh₁dʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *rēdaną✻
  3. inherited from *rādan✻
  4. inherited from rǣdan
  5. inherited from reden
  6. suffixed as readable — “read + able”
  7. formed as readability — “readable + -ity”

Definitions

  1. The property of being capable of being read

    The property of being capable of being read; legibility.

  2. The property of being easy or engaging to read.

    • The book had a clever plot, but lacked readability.

The neighborhood

Derived

nonreadability

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for readability. 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