Able to be asked or suitable for asking; a question that can be posed without difficulty.
From ask (Old English ascian, from Proto-Germanic askōjan) + -able (Latin -abilis, meaning capable of). The suffix -able was added to ask to create an adjective form meaning capable of being asked.
This word reveals how English speakers constantly create new adjectives by adding -able to verbs—it's one of the most productive patterns in English, and linguists call this 'derivational morphology.' You can make almost any verb askable this way!
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