word choice - When to use 'divisible' vs 'dividable' - English Language ...
Oct 8, 2012 · Divisible comes from the Latin root of certain words in English, it is the same word in French; while dividable comes from the Germanic root of English. The same can be applied to …
Adjectival form of "collide"—"collideable" or "collidable"?
Oct 16, 2020 · abradable codable decidable degradable dividable evadable excludable extrudable fadable gradable guidable hidable includable persuadable ridable/rideable slidable tradable/tradeable …
What is the word for something that is non-divisible in development ...
Googling for "insecable", and excluding dictionaries, reveals that it mainly comes up in English translations of text from languages where it's a more common word, or quotations of untranslated …
-able & -ability usage: Why can't "searchability" be a word? (Or can it?)
Oct 2, 2017 · I personally agree and think searchability is a prefectly reasonable and understandable word. Interestingly, when I went on the wiktionary page for the suffix -ability, it included a list of words …
"Extensible" vs. "extendible" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Nov 7, 2012 · Where does the adjective form extensible come from and does it connote anything different than extendible? What's the difference, if any, between the two?
Numerals 13-19 are based on 10. Why do 11 and 12 follow a different ...
Aug 29, 2022 · 11 and 12 mean “one left” and “two left” respectively, referring to number 10. In other words, etymologically, they are NOT remnants of a base 12 number system. They are decimal, just …
I just read about a house that had a "busybody" What is a busybody?
Aug 10, 2015 · I was reading O'hara's 10 North Frederick and in describing a house he mentions a dumb-waiter, a speaking tube and a "busybody." What exactly is a busybody?