notionable

adj

notionable

adj

Etymology From notion + -able.

1

Archaic Having sensible ideas.

  • The skirt of a dress which refuses longer to serve its original purpose may be made tidy for a petticoat, or perhaps for a child's frock: and many other such contrivances a notionable and not proud woman will make; and no really sensible person would scorn her for it.1869, The young housekeeper as daughter, wife, and mother, page 309:

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