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omissible, a.|əʊˈmɪsɪb(ə)l|
[f. L. omiss-, ppl. stem of omittĕre to omit + -ible.]
Capable of being omitted.
1816Bentham Chrestomathia i. Wks. 1843 VIII. 14 Least generally useful branches..in case of necessity, omissible. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. vii. ii. (1872) II. 246 All mere puddle, omissible in this place. 1893Nation (N.Y.) 27 Apr. 315/3 There is nothing omitted nor anything omissible.
Hence omissiˈbility.
1961in Webster. 1966Amer. Speech XLI. 182 Certain self-explanatory terms have been examined with a view to their omissibility from NID 3 (Webster's Third New International Dictionary). 1971D. Crystal Linguistics 202 The omissibility of here tomorrow. 1971T. F. Mitchell in Archivum Linguisticum II. 43 The omissibility of a following noun. |