cherishableadj.
/ˈtʃɛrɪʃəb(ə)l/ rare.
Capable or deserving of being cherished.
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the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [adjective] > that is treated with tenderness > capable or deserving of being
cherishable1651
1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 313 Devises to obtaine this cherishable permission which I have given you.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. 253.
1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways III. vii. 134.
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adj.1651- to kick seven bells out of a person
- to kick someone out on etc ass
- to kick someone out on her ass
- to kick someone out on his ass
- to kick someone upstairs
- to kick something under the rug
- to kick the bucket
- to kick the can down the road
- to kick the can down the street
- to kick the hindsight out or off
- to kick the tyres
- to kick the wind or clouds
- to kick under the rug
- to kick up
- to kick up a person's heels
- to kick up a row
- to kick up a shindy
- to kick up merry hell
- to kick up one's heels
- to kick up the heel
- to kick up, make, raise a stour
- to lift a cry, one's voice
- to lift a finger
- to lift a finger against
- to lift a finger against a person