Publishable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Appropriate for making available to the public in various forms
2. Capable of being presented or distributed to the public based on quality or content standards
3. Meeting the requirements to be shared or printed as a formal work

Etymology: "Publishable" is a plain formation: the adjective "publish" with the suffix "-able," meaning "able to be" or "fit for." The suffix has a long ancestry of its own. It traces back through Latin "-abilis" and Old French "-able" to a Proto-Indo-European root that also gave Latin "-bilis," so the ending has been used to form adjectives for two thousand years before English ever attached it to "publish." English took "-able" in through Middle English, and its adaptability is why speakers could coin new forms freely. "Publish" itself came into English from Old French, and in the sense "make generally known" it has been part of the language since the late Middle Ages. Adding "-able" gave English a way to say that a text, a manuscript, or a piece of writing had reached the standard needed for public release.

Synonyms: printable, editable, releaseable, distributable, circulatable

Antonyms: unpublishable, censored, restricted, prohibited, blocked