counsellable

English

Alternative forms

• counselable

Etymology

From counsel +‎ -able.

Adjective

counsellable (comparative more counsellable, superlative most counsellable)

1. (obsolete) Willing to receive counsel or follow advice.
   • 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:

     Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counsellable than he.

2. (obsolete) advisable; prudent
   • 1660/1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, written by Himself

     He did not believe it counsellable.