contentableadj.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective] > contenting or satisfying > satisfactory
acceptedc1384
allowablec1443
easyc1485
satisfiable1581
contentable1633
satisfactory1640
1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 37 Besides, heerein you shall doe vs contentable pleasure, and courtesie.
2. Able to be contented or satisfied.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective] > able to be
contentable1576
satisfiable1935
1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Longolius in Panoplie Epist. 404 If a Christian mans minde may be contentable.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. ii. 432 France will be contentable with something in the Netherlands.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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