trainable

adj, noun — 2 senses

trainable

adj

/ˈtɹeɪnəbəl/

Etymology From train + -able.

1

Capable of being trained, teachable, educatable.

Derived terms: nontrainable, trainableness, untrainable

trainable

noun

Etymology From train + -able.

1

Dated, Euphemistic A mentally retarded person who can be trained or taught.

Toilet accidents for new children in the school are generally at least two or three times as frequent for trainables as they are for educables.1971, Harriet Eleanor Blodgett, Mentally Retarded Children: What Parents and Others Should Know:

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