lengthenable

English

Etymology

lengthen +‎ -able

Adjective

lengthenable (comparative more lengthenable, superlative most lengthenable)

  1. That may be lengthened.
    • 1974, John Mathieson Anderson, ‎Charles Jones, Historical Linguistics: Theory and description in phonology (page 319)
      If we consider the etymological sources of the two sets of vowels, the lengthenable and non-lengthenable […]
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