damnable
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English dampnable, from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damn + -able.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
damnable (comparative more damnable, superlative most damnable)
- Capable of being damned.
- Deserving of damnation; very bad.
- That damnable fridge has stopped working again.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- Great God! They were moving! They were rushing swiftly and noiselessly downwards! Black, black as night, huge, ill-defined, semi-human and altogether evil and damnable.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
deserving of damnation
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damner + -able.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
damnable (plural damnables)
Further reading edit
- “damnable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.