trainable

English

Etymology

From train +‎ -able.

Adjective

trainable (comparative more trainable, superlative most trainable)

1. Capable of being trained, teachable, educatable.

Noun

trainable (plural trainables)

1. (euphemistic, dated) A mentally retarded person who can be trained or taught.
   • 1971, Harriet Eleanor Blodgett, Mentally Retarded Children: What Parents and Others Should Know:

     Toilet accidents for new children in the school are generally at least two or three times as frequent for trainables as they are for educables.

Anagrams

• Albertian, Albertina, bilateran