English

Adjective

domable ‎(comparative more domable, superlative most domable)

1. (obsolete, rare) Capable of being tamed.
   • 1617, John Salkeld, A Treatise of Paradise. And the Principall Contents Thereof […] , London: Edward Griffin, page 188:

     And this may alſo be the reaſon, why God preſenting all other creatures to the preſence of man, he did not likewiſe bring him the fiſhes as well as the beaſts of all ſpecies and kindes, because the beaſts being domable, and eaſie to be tamed by man (at leaſtway whiles man was ſubject to God) might serue for the vſe of man, while man was not diſobedient to God: […]

   • 1831, M. Seoane, Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages […] , 5th ed., London, volume 1, page 336:

     Domáble, a. Tameable, conquerable, domable, susceptive of taming.

   • 1845, Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, Or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge

     This animal, like the camel, is domable, and will carry from seven to nine stone; it will fall on its knees for the convenient reception and exoneration of its burden.

Synonyms

• tameable

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin domabilis, from domō ‎(“to tame”), from domus ‎(“house”).

Adjective

domable m, f ‎(plural domables)

1. tamable, controllable, conquerable

Related terms

• doma
• domador
• domadura
• domar
• domeñar
• indomable