seducibleseduceableadj.
/sɪˈdjuːsɪb(ə)l/ /sɪˈdjuːsəb(ə)l/ 1. Capable of being seduced or led astray.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will
nesheOE
feeblec1200
softc1275
weaka1425
infirm1526
lithya1533
unheaded1577
spiritless1595
pappy1597
irresolute1600
marrowless1607
seducible1613
wax-nosedc1615
unsinewy?1623
reedy1628
swayable1642
short-spirited1647
weak-headed1654
lath-backed1676
will-less?1680
tiffany-trader1702
weak-minded1716
lax1751
lax-fibred1762
nerveless1783
wishy-washy1801
marcid1822
molluscous1836
boneless1848
weedy1849
putty-headed1857
flabby1862
weak-kneed1863
fibreless1864
invertebrate1867
chinless1881
backboneless1882
featherweight1885
spineless1885
weak-willed1885
totter-kneed1887
akratic1896
effete1905
weakling1906
gutless1915
willowish1919
Milquetoast1932
nannified1960
ball-less1967
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adjective] > seducing > seduced > able to be
seducible1613
α.
β. 1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 133 It was a thing vnworthy..to permit a King, who was so lightly seduceable..that he should extort so many pretences.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xix. 385 The vicious examples of Ages past, poison the curiosity of these present, affording a hint of sinne unto seduceable spirits. View more context for this quotation1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 371 Dis-wont thy selfe with this seducible sense.
1646 H. Hammond Severall Tracts 59 This easie prostitute seducible sinner.
1782 J. Brown Compend. View Nat. & Revealed Relig. (1796) iii. i. 198 It consisted in his being seducible to evil, though he was inclined only to good.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. ii. 603 Friedrich proves little seducible; shows himself laudably indifferent.
2. Capable of being won over or attracted.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective] > capable of being attracted
seducible1814
1814 L. Hunt Feast of Poets 53 The flowing versification of Fairfax has even drawn some writers into a love of him, who in other respects were not very seducible by the higher species of poetry.
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