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provokable, a.|prəʊˈvəʊkəb(ə)l| [f. provoke v. + -able: cf. the earlier provocable.] Capable of being provoked or excited to anger or impatience.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. 188 The inferior gods,..being also irascible, and therefore provokable by our neglect of them. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) I. 41 An unsteddy, changeable, easily provokable, and revengeful man. |