perusableadj.
/pəˈruːzəbl/, U.S. /pəˈruzəb(ə)l/ Capable of being perused; readable.
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society > communication > reading > [adjective] > capable of being read
legible1407
readablea1425
perusable1759
society > communication > reading > [adjective] > capable of being read > with pleasure, interest, etc.
legible1558
readable1738
perusable1759
1759 T. Stephens Castle-builders (ed. 2) App. 201 The Reviewer gives his Opinion of this Performance as if, at least, it was perusable.
1829 J. Bentham Justice & Codification Petitions Advt. 9 In this way it [sc. printed matter] is perusable by any number of persons at the same time.
1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 58 374 The Rosciad is..not now perusable without an accompanying feeling akin to contempt.
1948 S. Sassoon Meredith x. 126 Many enormous novels..which I have biographically covenanted to peruse—and proclaim as perusable—to a neglectful generation.
1987 M. Hardwick Parson's Pleasure v. 71 There are some very perusable books in the residents' parlour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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