searchable, a.
(ˈsɜːtʃəb(ə)l)
[f. search v. + -able.]
Capable of being searched.
1558 Bp. Watson Sev. Sacram. viii. 45 Otherwyse the maner of it is not searcheable. 1588 J. Harvey Disc. Probl. 76 Fore-knowledge of future things and euents, inquirable by legitimate skill, or otherwise searchable by assured experience. 1683 Salmon Doron Med. iii. 647 This and such like specificks are not searchable whilst in their body. 1827–44 Willis Starlight 8 The faded West looks deep, as if its blue Were searchable. |
Hence ˈsearchableness, ‘the state of being searchable’ (Webster, 1847, and in recent Dicts.).