castigable

English

Adjective

castigable (comparative more castigable, superlative most castigable)

1. Able or worthy to be punished.
   • 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun:

     They are at least logical that say to castigate folly you must first exhibit folly as a castigable thing, and in showing folly you thus cause more folly.

Spanish

Etymology

From castigar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kastiˈɡable/ [kas.t̪iˈɣ̞a.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: cas‧ti‧ga‧ble

Adjective

castigable m or f (masculine and feminine plural castigables)

1. punishable

   Synonym: punible