Definitions for educable

educable ed·u·ca·ble

Spelling: [ej-oo-kuh-buh l]
IPA: /ˈɛdʒ ʊ kə bəl/

Educable is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 240 anagrams from letters in educable (abcdeelu).

Definitions for educable

adjective

  1. capable of being educated.
  2. of or relating to mildly retarded individuals who may achieve self-sufficiency.

Origin of educable

First recorded in 1835-45; educ(ate) + -able

Examples for educable

The learner could not possibly be educable, that is, susceptible of receiving instruction, unless he were able to think.

In 1869 it was estimated that there were in the State 34,000 Negro children of educable age.

The human being is the most adaptable—that is to say, educable—of all living creatures.

I am convinced from experience that it is both normal and educable though not usually active in the large majority of people.

As to structure, human nature is undoubtedly the most plastic part of the living world, the most adaptable, the most educable.

Animals are educable in different degrees; but where they are educable they begin to profit by experience from the first.

In other words, we are educable, the lower animals are not, or only within very narrow limits.

Word Value for educable
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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