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Etymology edit

From Middle English dampnable, from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damn +‎ -able.

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damnable (comparative more damnable, superlative most damnable)

  1. Capable of being damned.
  2. 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.

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French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damner +‎ -able.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /da.nabl/, /dɑ.nabl/
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Adjective edit

damnable (plural damnables)

  1. damnable

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