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Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
Proto-Italic *kapjō
Old Latin kapiō
Latin capiō
Latin excipiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tisder.
Proto-Italic *-tjō
Latin -tiō
Old French excepcion
Anglo-Norman excepciounbor.
Middle English exception
English exception
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English exceptionable

From exception + -able.

Adjective

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exceptionable (comparative more exceptionable, superlative most exceptionable)

  1. Liable to cause disapproval, objection or debate.
    • 1760, Tobias Smollett, Annals of Literature: Volume 36‎[1]:
      The subject however is rendered still more exceptionable by the aukward and ridiculous manner in which it is here treated.

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