contestable

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. That can be contested; debatable.
    — Some said he was the greatest of his time but with the amount of talent around that view was contestable.

词形变化

more contestable comparative most contestable superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English contest
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English contestable
From contest + -able.
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