aggrandizable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aggrandize + -able.
Adjective
[edit]aggrandizable
- (very rare) Capable of being made great; increasable.
- 1958, Muhammad Sardar Khan Baluch, History of Baluch Race and Baluchistan, Process Pakistan, page 50:
- The supremacy of the various dynasties over the country depicts more of an aggrandizable character than of a permanent settlement.
- 2004, Bruce Weber, “Ideas & Trends; It's All About Me, Especially the Ugly Parts”, in The New York Times, 2004 January 18 edition, section 4, page 12:
- Especially now, in a culture that rewards self-aggrandizement (I mean, please, Donald Trump is still a celebrity?) to such a warped degree that some people find even their most grotesquely squalid distinctions aggrandizable.
- 2006, Yiwu Ma et al., “Bi2Ru2O7 Conductive Phase and its Effects on the Gauge Factor of Ru_based Thick-film Resistors”, in 2006 IEEE International Conference on Information Acquisition, →ISBN, page 247:
- 1958, Muhammad Sardar Khan Baluch, History of Baluch Race and Baluchistan, Process Pakistan, page 50:
Usage notes
[edit]- This word, though it appears in a fair number of dictionaries, is very rarely found in actual use.