cherishable

Capable of, or suitable for, being cherished.

Adjective

  1. Capable of, or suitable for, being cherished.
    • Building a cherishable memory is equally necessary in divorce situations. - 1983, Kenneth R. Mitchell, Herbert Anderson, All Our Losses, All Our Griefs: Resources for Pastoral Care, page 128:
    • Those of us who carry HIV around owe more than a bit of gratitude to Paul Monette, who makes a person living with AIDS not only a reliable narrator, but a cherishable character, and, for Christ's sake, a love interest....
    • He said that objects first become cherishable, after which they get nostalgic value. Finally they end up being antiques. - 1997, Ed van Hinte, Eternally yours: visions on product endurance:

Origin

From cherish + -able.

Forms

more cherishable most cherishable

Derived

cherishably uncherishable