rationable

English

Etymology 1

From ration +‎ -able.[1] Piecewise doublet of reasonable.

Adjective

rationable (not comparable)

  1. Suitable for being rationed.
    • 2002, Kevin Smith, Conflict Over Convoys:
      Stocks fell 60 percent in two months to 35000 tons of rationable meat.

Etymology 2

From Middle English racionable, a learned borrowing from Classical Latin ratiōnābilis.[2] Doublet of reasonable.

Adjective

rationable (comparative more rationable, superlative most rationable)

  1. (now rare) Synonym of rational or reasonable.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ rationable, adj.2”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ rationable, adj.1”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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