irrationable

English

Etymology

From Latin irratiōnābilis, from ir- + ratiōnābilis.

Adjective

irrationable (comparative more irrationable, superlative most irrationable)

1. Archaic form of irrational.
   1. (of an action or decision) Not rational.
      • 1906, Report of the Minister of Agriculture for the Dominion of Canada, for the five months ended March 31, 1906, Department of Agriculture of Canada, page xxxvi:

        […] there may be considerable loss of nitrogen due to removal of crops and irrationable methods of farming, […]

   2. (of a person or thing) Not possessing rationality.
      • 1860, Robert James Mann, A guide to the knowledge of life, vegetable and animal, revised and corrected edition, page 344:

        Operations that are perfected in the economies of the irrationable animals, […]

Usage notes

• Not used in the mathematical sense of irrational.

Related terms

• irrationability
• rationable