maturableadj.
/məˈtjʊərəb(ə)l/, /məˈtʃʊərəb(ə)l/, /məˈtjɔːrəb(ə)l/, /məˈtʃɔːrəb(ə)l/, U.S. /məˈtʃərəbəl/, /məˈtʃʊrəbəl/, /məˈt(j)ʊrəbəl/ That may be matured or brought to full development.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective]
fouleOE
festereda1398
quitterya1398
quittorousa1398
festrya1400
purulent?a1425
suppurate?a1425
matterativec1487
mattereda1500
mattery1527
attery1535
sanious1562
festering1563
matterish1566
infestered1570
ulcerated1580
suppurated1583
sordid1597
corsie1605
fistulating1607
rankling1631
suppurable1634
rancorous1635
undercotted1636
undercotting1637
suppuratory1659
puriform1668
quittorish1668
suppurating1671
scandalous1676
suppurative1746
suppurant1799
gleety1822
puruloid1846
pyoid1846
colloid substance1849
peptic1884
pussy1888
maturable1889
fretty1894
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready > mature or matured > able to be
maturable1889
1889 Critic in Nation (N.Y.) 9 May p. iv Abilities, which, if immature, are yet maturable.
c1904 Encycl. Dict. Suppl. Maturable,..specif. in Surg., used of an inflamed part that may be brought to suppuration.
1982 Ecology 63 1365 The hypothesis that the initiated fruit that fail to mature are, in fact, maturable.
1989 Guardian (BNC) 8 July ii. 17/1 Maturable wine is ruined to please palates which would be just as happy with cherryade.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1889