Able to be characterized, described, or defined; capable of being identified by distinctive features.
From 'characterise' (British spelling of characterize) plus the suffix '-able' meaning capable of or able to be, indicating possibility of characterization.
The British spelling reveals that different countries took the Greek 'character' word and evolved it differently—American '-ize' versus British '-ise' shows language evolution in real time.
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