sperable

English

Etymology

From Latin sperabilis. Compare esperance and see -ible.

Adjective

sperable (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) hopeful or hoped for
   • 1622 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “An Advertisement Touching an Holy VVarre. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany VVorks of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC, page 107:

     wee may either cast it away, if it be found but a Bladder; Or discharge it, of so much as is vaine, and not sperable.

References

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

Anagrams

• bepearls