cabinetable

English

Etymology

From cabinet +‎ -able.

Adjective

cabinetable (comparative more cabinetable, superlative most cabinetable)

1. Able to be appointed to a cabinet position of government without arousing controversy.
   • 1898 July 30, Rene Doumic, “The Cabinetable Man”, in The Living Age, volume 218, number 2821, page 343:

     But he will be as cabinetable after the catastrophe as he was before.

   • 1963, Joseph A. Mikuš, Slovakia: A Political History: 1918-1950, page 23:

     The same persons in the Agrarian and Social-Democratic parties remained perpetually “cabinetable.”

   • 1977, Francisc Păcurariu, The Labyrinth, page 94:

     But his position of cabinetable politician was protracted until after the war, for Brătianu himself was far from insensible to Saint Aulaire's arguments, and war on Germany was declared.