behoovable

English

Etymology

behoove +‎ -able

Adjective

behoovable (comparative more behoovable, superlative most behoovable)

1. (obsolete) Supplying need; profitable; advantageous.
   • c. 1393, Julian of Norwich, “chapter 27”, in Revelations of Divine Love:

     Synne is behovabil, but al shal be wel

References

• “behoovable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.