Pickable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. A suitable item that can easily be selected or gathered can be described as one that is readily available for choice or collection
2. Capable of being selected or harvested with ease
3. Possible to be picked out or collected without difficulty

Etymology: "Pickable" is a simple formation: the verb "pick" with the suffix "-able," which means "capable of being." The suffix has a longer ancestry than the word it attaches to. It traces back through Latin "-abilis" and its extended form "-ābilis," passed into Old French as "-able," and then entered Middle English as "-able." English speakers have since attached it freely to native verbs like "pick," so "pickable" follows the same pattern as words such as "washable" or "readable." The verb "pick" is considerably older and its roots are less certain. Its ancestry is often traced through Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Italic forms, though the connection to the suffix is coincidental rather than shared. In practice, the root sense of "pick" concerns pointed or piercing action, which made a natural fit for the later sense of choosing or gathering fruit and flowers.

Synonyms: collectible, gatherable

Antonyms: unpickable