embraceable
adjEtymology From embrace + -able.
1
Able or suitable to be embraced
- Embrace me, / My sweet embraceable you. / Embrace me, / You irreplaceable you. / Just one look at you - my heart grew tipsy in me. / You and you alone bring out the gypsy in me.1928 George Gershwin - Embraceable You (lyrics)
- Lesbian, 29, overinvolved in being competent, seeks casual, affectionate relationship with embraceable GF.1980 December 13, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 22:
- Antonyms
- unembraceable
- Derived terms
- embraceability, embraceably