cherishable,a.rare.|ˈtʃɛrɪʃəb(ə)l| [f.prec. + -able: cf. F. chérissable.] Capable or deserving of being cherished. 1651Fenise 313 Devises to obtaine this cherishable permission which I have given you.1879G. Meredith Egoist I. 253. 1885 ― Diana III. vii. 134.