Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sufferable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sufferable \Suf"fer*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. souffrable.]
1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. [Obs.] ``Ye must be
sufferable.'' --Chaucer.
2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable;
tolerable. -- {Suf"fer*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Suf"fer*a*bly},
adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sufferable
adj 1: capable of being borne though unpleasant; "sufferable
punishment" [syn: {bearable}, {endurable}, {supportable}]
2: capable of being tolerated; "sufferable difficulties" [syn:
{tolerable}]
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