attemptableadj.
/əˈtɛmtəb(ə)l/ That may be attempted; liable or open to attempts.
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attemptablea1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 60 Vouching..his [Mistress] to be more Faire, Vertuous, Wise, Chaste..and lesse attemptible then any, the rarest of our Ladies. View more context for this quotation
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adj.a1616- to have a person in reverence
- to have a person in schooling
- to have a person in the palm of one's hand
- to have a person on a slow boat to china
- to have a person on also upon the hip
- to have a person or thing skinned
- to have a person or thing skinned to death
- to have a person pegged
- to have a person wrapped around one's finger
- to have a person's back
- to have a person's guts for garters
- to have a person's i-wald
- to have a person's iwald
- to have a person's name on it
- to have a person's number on it
- to have a piece of the pie
- to have a pig in the worse pannier
- to have a pig of the worse pannier
- to have a plenty on one's plate
- to have a point
- to have a poke at
- to have a pop at
- to have a pot in the pate
- to have a price on one's head
- to have a problem with