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soothable

adj

Etymology

From soothe + -able.

  1. derived from *h₁es-✻ — “to be”
  2. inherited from *sanþōną✻ — “to prove, certify, acknowledge, testify”
  3. inherited from *sanþōn✻
  4. inherited from sōþian — “to verify, prove, confirm, bear witness to”
  5. inherited from sothen — “to verify, prove the validity of”
  6. suffixed as soothable — “soothe + able”

Definitions

  1. Capable of being soothed.

    • For example, caregiver reactions may be quite different for a highly irritable, highly soothable child, as compared to an equally highly irritable child who is not soothable.

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