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blameable, blamable, a.|ˈbleɪməb(ə)l| [f. blame v. + -able. Cf. F. blâmable, and see -ble.] Worthy to be blamed; giving cause for fault-finding or reproach; faulty, culpable; reprehensible.
1387Trevisa Higden vi. xxv, I am nouȝt blamable ne gilty in þise þinges. 1530Palsgr. 306/2 Blameable, coulpable. 1586W. Webbe Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 55 It is their foolysh construction, not hys wryting that is blameable. 1711Addison Spect. No. 256 ⁋2 In the blameable Parts of his Character. 1784Franklin Autobiog. Wks. 1840 I. 104 My conduct might be blameable. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 160 Such feelings, though blamable, were natural. 1857Ruskin Pol. Econ. Art 36 One fault which..is unnecessary, and therefore a real and blameable fault. Hence ˈblameableness, ˈblamableness.
1654Whitlock Manners Eng. 505 (T.) Without the least blameableness. 1684J. Goodman Wint. Even. Conf. 3 (R.) If he had not freedom of will..there could be no..blamableness. 1838Arnold Life & Corr. II. viii. 123 The degree of blameableness in those who do not embrace this belief. |