predicable noun & adjective. ['prɛdɪkǝb(ǝ)l] M16.
[medieval Latin praedicabilis predicable (in classical Latin = praiseworthy), from Latin praedicare: see PREDICATE verb, -ABLE.]
A. noun. That which may be predicated; spec. in Aristotelian logic, each of the five (orig. four) classes of predicate (genus, species, difference, property, accident) to which every predicated thing may be referred. M16.
b. adjective. Able to be predicated or affirmed. L16.
■ Carlyle A people of whom great good is predicable.

■ predica'bility noun L18.

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