bruisable

English

Etymology

bruise +‎ -able

Adjective

bruisable (comparative more bruisable, superlative most bruisable)

1. Susceptible to bruising; capable of being bruised.
   • 2002, Sarah Waters, chapter 10, in Fingersmith, London: Virago, →ISBN, part 2, page 285:

     She will go, and I shall be left—to my uncle, to the books, to Mrs Stiles, to some new meek and bruisable girl . . .

Derived terms

• bruisably
• unbruisable