suspectable, a.
(səˈspɛktəb(ə)l)
Also 8 erron. -ible.
[f. prec. + -able.]
That may or should be suspected; open to suspicion.
| 1748 Richardson Clarissa V. lviii. 363 Evermore is parade and obsequiousness suspectable. a 1761 Ibid. (1768) III. lxii. 318 As poverty is generally suspectible, the Widow must be got handsomely aforehand. 1802–12 Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) V. 730 Infirm and suspectable evidence. 1859 W. Anderson Disc. Ser. ii. (1860) 198 You..might show yourself..of suspectable profession, if you were complaisant. 1887 Yorksh. Post 23 Feb. 5/7 It is only in this direction that Europe is suspectable. |