pattable

English

Etymology

pat +‎ -able

Adjective

pattable (comparative more pattable, superlative most pattable)

1. (rare) Able to be patted; suitable for patting.
   • 1980 August 30, Pat M. Kuras, “My Buddy, Myself”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 11:

     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.

   • 1992, Sylvia Farnham-Diggory, Cognitive Processes in Education, page 235:

     The child was evidently deciding that a "bow-wow" had four legs and a tail and was small (pattable?).