corrigible
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Is corrigible a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of corrigible?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Submissive to correctionExamples: "Wouldst thou […] see Thy master thus with pleach’d arms, bending down His corrigible neck […]"Synonyms: docileobsolete
2. (obsolete) Deserving chastisement.Examples: "[…] he was taken up very short, and adjudgd corrigible for such presumptuous language."Synonyms: punishableobsolete
3. (obsolete) Having power to correct.Examples: "Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners: so that if we will plant nettles, or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness, or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills."Synonyms: correctiveobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary