comptible

English

Etymology

From compt ‎ -ible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmp.tə.bəl/

Adjective

comptible (comparative more comptible, superlative most comptible)

1. (obsolete) accountable; responsible
   • 1671, James Dalrymple, “The Countess of Bramford and the Lady Forrester, contra Earl of Callendar, eodem die”, in The decisions of the Lords of Council & Session:

     The Act of Indemnity, by which no Intrometters with Publick Money are comptible for Publick Money.

2. (obsolete) sensitive
   • c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:

     I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage.

References

“comptible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.