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inscriptible

inscriptible

8.6
A thing you can write on or carve into
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈskrɪp.tə.bəl/
translation icon : inscriptible
  • The label is inscriptible, so you can write your name on it with a marker.

Examples

  • Not every surface is inscriptible with chalk, especially if it is too smooth.

  • They searched for an inscriptible stone to carve the date into.

  • This stone is inscriptible.

  • The surface of this material is inscriptible.

  • The label is inscriptible, so you can write your name on it with a marker.

  • Not every surface is inscriptible with chalk, especially if it is too smooth.

  • They searched for an inscriptible stone to carve the date into.

Synonyms

write-onable
vsinscriptible
8.5

A surface you can write on with a pen or marker

covers any inscription or engraving not only pen or marker writing
impressible
vsinscriptible
  • Specialized
8.4

Able to take a mark from a stamp, mold, or tool

involves accepting drawn or written marks rather than shaped imprints

Surface Forms

inscriptible positive

Morphology

inscriptible = inscribe (transparent) = inscribe + ible

Formed by a clear adjective-forming suffix '-ible' on the verb 'inscribe', yielding 'able to be inscribed'.

Etymology

Inscriptible comes from the parts in- meaning 'in' and script meaning 'to write'. So it describes a surface you can write on or carve into, which is why we use it for something 'able to be inscribed or written upon'.