Exceptionable

  • 21exceptionable — /əkˈsɛpʃənəbəl/ (say uhk sepshuhnuhbuhl), /ɛk / (say ek ) adjective liable to exception or objection; objectionable. –exceptionableness, noun –exceptionably, adverb …

  • 22exceptionable — adj. open to objection. Derivatives: exceptionably adv …

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  • 23Exceptionableness — Exceptionable Ex*cep tion*a*ble ([e^]k*s[e^]p sh[u^]n*[.a]*b l), a. Liable to exception or objection; objectionable. {Ex*cep tion*a*ble*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem. Addison.… …

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  • 24exceptional — exceptional, exceptionable These adjectives relate to different meanings of exception. Exceptional means ‘unusual, not typical’, i.e. ‘forming an exception’ in a favourable sense: • Schizophrenes are often held to be people of exceptional charm D …

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  • 25exceptional — exceptional, exceptionable, although not synonyms, are liable to confusion. Something is exceptional which is itself an exception, and so is out of the ordinary, being either extraordinary or unusual {this is an exceptional opportunity} {the bath …

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  • 26Guilt — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Guilt >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 guilt guilt guiltiness Sgm: N 1 culpability culpability Sgm: N 1 criminality criminality criminousness Sgm: N 1 deviation from rectitude deviation from rectitude &c.(improbity) 940 Sg …

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  • 27unexceptionable — unexceptionable, unexceptional These two words correspond to the meanings of the positive forms exceptionable and exceptional. Unexceptionable means ‘with which no fault can be found, entirely satisfactory’ (The idea is unexceptionable, indeed… …

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  • 28unexceptional — unexceptionable, unexceptional These two words correspond to the meanings of the positive forms exceptionable and exceptional. Unexceptionable means ‘with which no fault can be found, entirely satisfactory’ (The idea is unexceptionable, indeed… …

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  • 29Geld — Geld, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gelded} or Gelt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gelding}.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. g[ a]lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.] 1. To castrate;… …

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  • 30Gelded — Geld Geld, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gelded} or Gelt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gelding}.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. g[ a]lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.] 1. To… …

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