释义 |
insultable, a. rare.|ɪnˈsʌltəb(ə)l| [f. prec. vb. + -able. Cf. F. insultable (St. Simon, in Littré).] Capable of being insulted; open to insult; quick to feel insult.
1841–4Emerson Ess., Exper. Wks. (Bohn) I. 186 The chagrins which the bad heart gives off..threaten or insult whatever is threatenable and insultable in us. 1868A. B. Alcott Tablets 71 Civility has not completed its work if it leaves us unsocial, morose, insultable. |