explicable
AdjectiveUS[ek-splik-uh-buhl]/ɛkˈsplɪkəbəl/4 syllables
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Adjective (1)
- capable of being explicated or accounted for“explicable behavior”Opposite incomprehensibleSimilar explainable, interpretableSee also comprehensible, soluble
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ex′pli·ca·ble adjective
Origin: L. explicabilis: cf. F. explicable.
Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation. Syn. — explainable.
It is not explicable upon any grounds.— Edmund Burke
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54