exoptable

English

Etymology

Latin exoptabilis.

Adjective

exoptable (comparative more exoptable, superlative most exoptable)

  1. (obsolete) Highly desirable.
    • 1810, Alicia Tindal Palmer, The Daughters of Isenberg: A Barvarian Romance‎[1]:
      I query if any one would have given even the exoptable orders for the grand portal to be thrown open for his reception
    • 1853, Ferdinand Eugène Auguste Gasc, Letters on Education in England‎[2]:
      A fair mixture of both blessings no doubt is very exoptable; but the old philosopher is right, taking each singly and separately.

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