accostable
English
Etymology
Compare French accostable.
Adjective
accostable (comparative more accostable, superlative most accostable)
- (obsolete, rare) Approachable; affable.
- 1876, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Our Old Home:
- Old soldiers, I know not why, seem to be more accostable than old sailors. One is apt to hear a growl beneath the smoothest courtesy of the latter.
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French
Etymology
accoster + -able
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.kɔs.tabl/
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Adjective
accostable (plural accostables)
- approachable (of a person)
- (nautical) dockable (at which you can land a boat)
Further reading
- “accostable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.