certifiable meaning in General Dictionary
presenting symptoms of psychological disease sufficient for appropriate dedication to a mental institution
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- fit to-be certified as insane (and addressed properly)
- with the capacity of becoming guaranteed or certified
certifiable meaning in Etymology Dictionary
1846, from certify + -able. Meaning "so deranged as to be certifiably insane" is recorded from 1912.
Sentence Examples with the word certifiable
The good news is this rag of a newspaper doesn't seem to buy Mr. Youngblood as a certifiable clairvoyant.