importable
Capable of being imported.
Adjective obsolete
- Insupportable, unbearable.
- So both attonce him charge on either side, / With hideous strokes, and importable powre […] - 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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Etymology tree Middle French importablebor. English importable Borrowed from Middle French importable.
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Adjective Entry 2
- Capable of being imported.
Origin
Etymology tree English import Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English importable From import + -able.
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Noun
- Something that can be imported.
- Then the nominal rates of assistance from these measures are calculated for 20 agricultural products, 14 of which are classified as exportables and 6 as importables. - 2015 July, Peter Lloyd, Donald MacLaren,...