stingable

adj

Etymology

From sting + -able.

  1. inherited from *stungiz
  2. inherited from stynġ
  3. inherited from *stingaz
  4. inherited from sting
  5. inherited from styng
  6. suffixed as stingable — “sting + able

Definitions

  1. Capable of being stung.

    • Two hairy, soft projections, evidently very sensitive, inform the bee when she is in contact with a stingable object.
    • Then came the bees, stinging at everyone they could catch. Each sting meant a dead bee, but there were millions of bees. Usually they stung only that part of the human anatomy which was most stingable[…]

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