bounceable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English bounce

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English bounceable

From bounce + -able.

Adjective

bounceable (comparative more bounceable, superlative most bounceable)

1. Able to be bounced.
2. (slang, obsolete) Boastful.
   • 1867, The Savage-Club Papers, volume 1, page 57:

     […] to those who are unacquainted with his writings, and of whom I will not say worse luck, for it might appear bounceable, […]

   • 1881, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch, volumes 80-81, page 234:

     That Boy's a bit too bounceable; he'll find / Swelling brings dizziness.

Derived terms

• bounceably

Related terms

• bouncy

References

• (boastful): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary