stingable

stingable

English

Etymology

sting +‎ -able

Adjective

stingable (comparative more stingable, superlative most stingable)

1. Capable of being stung.
   • 1916, Popular Science (volume 89, number 5, November 1916, page 698)

     Two hairy, soft projections, evidently very sensitive, inform the bee when she is in contact with a stingable object.

   • 1940, Amazing Stories (volume 14, issues 1-6, page 82)

     Then came the bees, stinging at everyone they could catch. Each sting meant a dead bee, but there were millions of bees. Usually they stung only that part of the human anatomy which was most stingable […]

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