accostable

English

Etymology

Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French accostable.

Adjective

accostable (comparative more accostable, superlative most accostable)

1. (obsolete, rare) Approachable; affable.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Nathaniel Hawthorne, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Old soldiers, I know not why, seem to be more accostable than old sailors. One is apt to hear a growl beneath the smoothest courtesy of the latter.

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French

Etymology

accoster +‎ -able

Pronunciation

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Adjective

accostable (plural accostables)

1. approachable (of a person)
2. (nautical) dockable (at which you can land a boat)