accostable

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English

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Etymology

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Originally from French accostable, in later usage partly recoined from accost +‎ -able.

Adjective

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accostable (comparative more accostable, superlative most accostable)

  1. (dated, uncommon) Approachable; affable; willing to be accosted.
    • 1876, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Our Old Home:
      Old soldiers, I know not why, seem to be more accostable than old sailors. One is apt to hear a growl beneath the smoothest courtesy of the latter.
    • 2019, Patrick Kasper et al., “Modeling User Dynamics in Collaboration Websites”, in Dynamics on and of Complex Networks III: Machine Learning and Statistical Physics Approaches, →ISBN, page 117:
      Online communities becoming increasingly accostable to their users does not always lead to higher overall activity.
    • 2019 September 3, Jocelyn Silver, “Renée Zellweger Says Those Mean Tweets About Her Face Made Her Stronger Than Ever”, in W:
      “I always felt that I knew what to do in those circumstances,” she continued. “I didn’t feel … accostable. I never felt that I was being insulted, demeaned. I didn’t recognize it as that. []

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Further reading

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French

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Etymology

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From accoster +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.kɔs.tabl/
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Adjective

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accostable (plural accostables)

  1. approachable (of a person)
  2. (nautical) dockable (at which you can land a boat)

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