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woundable, a. rare.|ˈwuːndəb(ə)l| [f. wound v. + -able.] Capable of being wounded; vulnerable.
1611Cotgr., Blessable, Woundable. 1650Fuller Pisgah iii. iii. 414 Power and Profit are the two apples of Princes eyes, woundable with the least touch thereof. 1655― Ch. Hist. iv. xiv. 130 So woundable is the dragon, under the left wing, when pinched in point of profit. 1975Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Mar. 293/1 When trauma appears on the scene..Scully shows that he is as woundable as the next boy. 1976Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 22 Feb. 39/1 He is also shy, loyal and surprisingly woundable. |