contentable

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English

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Etymology

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From content +‎ -able.

Adjective

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contentable (comparative more contentable, superlative most contentable)

  1. Capable of being contented.
    • 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, [], →OCLC:
      France will be contentable with something in the Netherlands; what else can she want of us?

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