Capable of being excerpted or extracted; suitable for selection and reproduction as a passage or fragment.
From 'excerpt' + -ible (capable of being). The -ible suffix comes from Latin -ibilis, forming adjectives that describe what can be done to something.
Not all writing is equally excerptible—poetry and aphorisms are naturally quotable, while dense arguments often lose their power when extracted. Authors who understand what makes excerptible prose have a huge advantage in the age of headlines and social media.
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