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单词 concealable
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concealableadj.

Brit. /kənˈsiːləbl/, U.S. /kənˈsiləb(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: conceal v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < conceal v. + -able suffix.
Able to be concealed.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > capable of concealment
concealable1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. ii. 6 The omnisciency of God, whereunto there is nothing concealable . View more context for this quotation
1690 D. Defoe Taxes no Charge 26 Iews..dealing most in Bills of Exchange, Iewels, and concealable Commodities, that pay no Duty.
1755 Fanny I. 77 Her disgrace was no longer concealable.
1795 Telegraph 2 July It was not concealable, that for some time past, fortune, in whom he too much confided, has been froward!
1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 381 Laying bare to public gaze a concealable deformity.
1872 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 102/1 Eccentricity is not a concealable quality.
1946 Washington Post 15 June 6 Reasonable regulations to keep concealable weapons out of the hands of criminals.
2001 J. R. Chiles Inviting Disaster 192 If..the damage was concealable, he would have proceeded as if nothing had happened.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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