secondable

adj

Etymology

From second + -able.

  1. derived from *sekʷ-
  2. derived from secundus
  3. derived from second
  4. inherited from secunde
  5. suffixed as secondable — “second + able

Definitions

  1. Capable of being seconded.

    • The second motion, to adjourn, is secondable and requires a majority vote, but is not debatable or amendable, and cannot be reconsidered (no D, A or R shown).
    • The key propositions, to be achieved by 2010, were: improvement of the quality of trained personnel deployed; enhancing the availability of secondable civilian personnel;
  2. Eggcorn of second of all.

    • Secondable (see the firstable hyperlink), Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says there isn't much headroom for his company's social networking site.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for secondable. 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