procurable
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
procurable (not comparable)
- Able to be procured.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
Synonyms edit
- See obtainable
Antonyms edit
- unprocurable; see also unobtainable
Translations edit
obtainable — see obtainable
References edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “procurable”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.