persuadableness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From persuadable + -ness.
Noun[edit]
persuadableness (uncountable)
- (rare) The quality of being persuadable; persuadability. [from 18th c.]
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXVII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
- She imputed to me abundance of fine qualities; but told me, that, in this case, that of persuadableness was wanting to crown all.