palmable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

palm +‎ -able

Adjective[edit]

palmable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be manipulated with, or concealed in, a person's palm.
    • 2014, Katherine Woodbury, Richard: The Ethics of Affection, page 13:
      After bathing, he sat on his bed and wished desperately that he could forget the night's illusion of tangled legs, palmable breasts, and husky laughs.
    • The Cambridge History of China (volume 5)
      Among the many kinds of printed materials described by Hymes are political reports, printed handbills, pamphlets, posters, monk ordination certificates, paper money, and even palmable examination cheat books.