hintable

adj — 2 senses

hintable

adj

Etymology From hint + -able.

1

Rare That can be hinted at, or alluded to.

And as for boils, as for boils, well, as for boils — Well, my pen recoils, Because people's invariable humorous remarks about other people's boils are invariably unprintable, And most of them are not even hintable.1936, The New Yorker, volume 12, page 19:

2

Media, Publishing, Typography Having support for hinting.

Antonyms: unhintable

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