Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disputable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disputable \Dis`pu*ta*ble\ (?; 277), a. [L. disputabilis: cf. F.
disputable. See {Dispute}, v. i.]
1. Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in
question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful
certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable
opinions, propositions, points, or questions.

Actions, every one of which is very disputable.
--Jer. Taylor.

2. Disputatious; contentious. [Obs.] --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disputable
adj 1: capable of being disproved [syn: {debatable}, {moot}]
2: open to argument or debate [syn: {arguable}, {debatable}]


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