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Webster 1913 Edition


Damnable

Dam′na-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
damnabilis
, fr.
damnare
: cf. F.
damnable
. See
Damn
.]
1.
Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature.
A creature unprepared unmeet for death,
And to transport him in the mind he is,
Were
damnable
.
Shakespeare
2.
Odious; pernicious; detestable.
Begin, murderer; . . . leave thy
damnable
faces.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Damnable

DAM'NABLE

,
Adj.
1.
That may be damned or condemned; deserving damnation; worthy of eternal punishment. More generally, that which subjects or renders liable to damnation.
As damnable heresies. 2 Peter ii.
2. In a low or ludicrous sense, odious, detestable, or pernicious.