aggrandizable

English

Etymology

From aggrandize +‎ -able.

Adjective

aggrandizable

1. (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 1-4244-0528-9, page 247:

     The G.S’ aggrandizable velocity is big when Tc is relative^[sic] low. But the G.S’ aggrandizable velocity is lower with Tc’s ascend.^[sic]

Usage notes

• This word, though it appears in a fair number of dictionaries, is very rarely found in actual use.