accostable, a.
(əˈkɒstəb(ə)l)
[a. Fr. accostable (16th c. in Litt.): see accost and -able.]
† 1. actively. Ready to accost, courteous. Obs.
| 1622 Howell Lett. (1650) I. 92 The Walloon is quick and sprightful, accostable and full of compliment. 1634 Ibid. II. 24 The French are a free and debonnaire acostable people:..at first entrance one may have acquaintance. |
2. passively. Capable of being accosted or approached; approachable, accessible, affable.
| 1655 Lestrange K. Charles 92 Seeing God is accostable by inorganicall and inaudible ejaculations. 1863 N. Hawthorne Old Home (1879) Up the Thames 285 Old soldiers, I know not why, seem to be more accostable than old sailors. |