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单词 pupilability
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pupilabilityn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pupil n.2, -ability suffix.
Etymology: Irregularly < pupil n.2 + -ability suffix (see quot.).
Obsolete.
Perhaps: confidentiality, confidential character (see quot.).Apparently an isolated use.
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1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. i. 76 What can he mean by the lambent pupilability of slow, low, dry chat, five notes below the natural tone,..unless..the voice..forces the eyes to approach not only within six inches of each other—but to look into the pupils..?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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