domable
Capable of being tamed; tameable, domesticable.
Adjective
- Capable of being tamed; tameable, domesticable.
- And this may alſo bee the reaſon, why God preſenting all other creatures to the preſence of man, he did not likewiſe bring him the fiſhes as well as the beaſts of all ſpecies and kindes, because the beaſts being...
- Alpaca. (Camelus Pacos,) also Paco. […] This animal, like the camel, is domable, and will carry from seven to nine stone; it will fall on its knees for the convenient reception and exoneration of its burthen. - 1815,...
- Domáble, a. Tameable, conquerable, domable, susceptive of taming. - [1831, Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti, edited by M[ateo] Seoane, Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages; […]...
Synonyms: domesticable domesticatable tamable tameable
Antonyms: undomesticable undomesticatable untamable untameable
Origin
From Late Latin domābilis (“tameable”), from domāre (“to tame”), present infinitive of domō (“to break in, to tame”), from Proto-Italic *domaō (“to tame”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, to tame”); compare Old French domable.