a. Impassable. E. A. Freeman. --
a. [ Cf. F. passable. ]
His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
With men as with false money -- one piece is more or less passable than another. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
Could they have made this slander passable. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]
My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is absent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being passable. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. passable. ]
His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
With men as with false money -- one piece is more or less passable than another. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
Could they have made this slander passable. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]
My version will appear a passable beauty when the original muse is absent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being passable. [ 1913 Webster ]