aspectable

English

Etymology

Latin aspectabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æsˈpɛktəbəl/

Adjective

aspectable (comparative more aspectable, superlative most aspectable)

1. Capable of being seen; visible.
   • 1691, John Ray, “Of Bodies Endued with a Sensitive Soul, or Animals”, in The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC, page 170:

     Now to this uſe and purpoſe of informing us what is abroad round about us in this aſpectable World, we ſhall find this Structure and Mechaniſm of the Eye, and every Part thereof ſo well fitted and adapted, as not the leaſt Curioſity can be added.

   • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sixth Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC, pages 235–236:

     [T]he hungry beggar-boy […] / Contains, himself, both flowers and firmaments / And surging seas and aspectable stars, / And all that we would push him out of sight / In order to see nearer.

Anagrams

• tablescape, tablespace