painable

English

Etymology

From pain +‎ -able. Compare French pénible.

Adjective

painable (comparative more painable, superlative most painable)

1. (obsolete) Painful.

   Synonyms: excruciating, torturous; see also Thesaurus:agonizing

   • 1649, John Evelyn, Of Liberty and Servitude:

     The manacles of Astyages were not […] the less weighty and paynable for being composed of gold or silver.

References

• “painable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.