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Definition of Temptable
1. Adjective. Susceptible to temptation.
Definition of Temptable
1. a. Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.
Definition of Temptable
1. Adjective. Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Temptable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Temptable
Literary usage of Temptable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The character of being temptable. temptable (temp'ta-bl), a. [< tempt + -able.]
tion. If the parliament were as temptable as any other ..."
2. Dogmatic Theology by William Greenough Thayer Shedd (1888)
"Yet they are still temptable, though not exposed to temptation. ... He is still
a temptable creature. And, in like manner, Christ the God-man was temptable, ..."
3. Dogmatic Theology by William Greenough Thayer Shedd (1888)
"Yet they are still temptable, though not exposed to temptation. ... He is still
a temptable creature. And, in like manner, Christ the God-man was temptable, ..."
4. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1876)
"temptable. Where life is realized within the conditions of humanity there must be
... But, again, we must here conceive the temptable as the tempted. ..."
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