exoptable

exoptable

English

Etymology

Latin exoptabilis.

Adjective

exoptable (comparative more exoptable, superlative most exoptable)

1. (obsolete) Highly desirable.
   • 1810, Alicia Tindal Palmer, The Daughters of Isenberg: A Barvarian Romance‎:

     I query if any one would have given even the exoptable orders for the grand portal to be thrown open for his reception

   • 1853, Ferdinand Eugène Auguste Gasc, Letters on Education in England‎:

     A fair mixture of both blessings no doubt is very exoptable; but the old philosopher is right, taking each singly and separately.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for exoptable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)