pattable

adj

pattable

adj

Etymology From pat + -able.

1

Rare Able to be patted; suitable for patting.

  • Peache, as played by Chris Makepeace, offers the audience little magnetism. Aside from his little boy grins and puppy-dog-pattable cuteness, he does little to convey his inner struggles and emotions.1980 August 30, Pat M. Kuras, “My Buddy, Myself”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 11:
  • The child was evidently deciding that a "bow-wow" had four legs and a tail and was small (pattable?).1992, Sylvia Farnham-Diggory, Cognitive Processes in Education, page 235:

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