Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Capability of being cured, healed, or remedied; curability.
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- noun The quality or state of being
curable .
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- noun capability of being cured or healed
Etymologies
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curable + -ness
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Examples
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The horrible loathsomeness, the contagiousness, the non-curableness, etc. So the man was shut out from camp and from sanctuary.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Alexander Maclaren 1868
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