excogitableadj.
/ɛksˈkɒdʒɪtəb(ə)l/ That admits of being excogitated. (In quot. 1592 mistake for inexcogitable; the Italian original has inescogitabile.)
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective]
understandinga1382
sensiblea1393
knowablea1425
perceivablec1443
takablec1449
understandablec1475
intendible1489
intentiblea1492
intelligible1509
facile1531
level1559
discernable1561
receptible1574
intendable?1577
excogitable1592
penetrable1594
comprehensible1598
scrutablec1604
distinguishable1611
discernible1616
perviousa1631
fathomable1633
cognoscible1648
colligible1650
determinable1658
intelligent1676
cognizable1681
apprehensive1692
susceptible1694
tangible1709
apprehensible1715
pronounced1728
comprehendible1814
graspable1818
prehensiblea1832
prononcé1838
possible1864
receivable1865
unsmothered1891
readable1908
discriminable1946
1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 67 They brought mee into a fayre Orchyard of excogitable expence, tyme, and subtletie of woorke-manshippe.
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adj.1592