ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Domable

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈdəʊməbl̩/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Domable is an adjective meaning (obsolete, rare) Capable of being tamed; tameable, domesticable.

Meaning

(obsolete, rare) Capable of being tamed; tameable, domesticable.

Example Sentences

Domáble, a. Tameable, conquerable, domable, susceptive of taming.
Alpaca. (Camelus Pacos,) also Paco. […] This animal, like the camel, is domable, and will carry from seven to nine stone; it will fall on its knees for the convenient reception and exoneration of its burthen.
And this may alſo bee the reaſon, why God preſenting all other creatures to the preſence of man, he did not likewiſe bring him the fiſhes as well as the beaſts of all ſpecies and kindes, because the beaſts being domable, and eaſie to be tamed by man (at leaſtway whiles man was ſubject to God) might serue for the vſe of man, while man was not diſobedient to God: […]

Synonyms for domable

Depending on context, synonyms include domesticable, domesticatable, tamable, tameable.

Antonyms for domable

Common opposites include undomesticable, undomesticatable, untamable, untameable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include domesticable, domesticatable, domitable, tameable, tamed, tamable.

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