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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

pénible

Causing pain; painful.

[Obs.]

The manacles of Astyages were not . . . the less weighty and

painable

for being composed of gold or silver.

Evelyn.

painable ‎(comparative more painable, superlative most painable)

(obsolete) painful
The manacles of Astyages were not […] the less weighty and painable for being composed of gold or silver. — Evelyn.