31 August 2015

biddable

[bid-uh-buh l]

adjective
1. Cards. adequate to bid upon:
a biddable suit.
2. willing to do what is asked; obedient; tractable; docile:
a biddable child.
3. that may be acquired by bidding :
biddable merchandise.

Origin of biddable
1820-1830; bid1+ -able

Related forms
biddability, biddableness, noun
biddably, adverb
unbiddable, adjective

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Historical Examples

Whether this was so or not, it is certain that she was as docile and as biddable as need be.
An Open-Eyed Conspiracy
W. D. Howells

He was a biddable boy, and went on without further question.
Judith Shakespeare
William Black

He was a biddable enough beast, and, being a little deaf, he knew not fear.
The Men of the Moss-Hags
S. R. Crockett

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On this day

31 August 12AD – birth of Caligula, also known as Gaius Caesar, 3rd Roman Emperor from 37 – 41AD. Died 24 January 41AD. First Roman Emperor to be assassinated following a conspiracy to restore the Roman Republic. While the plot to kill Caligula succeeds, the restoration of the Republic fails when the Praetorian Guard appoint Caligula’s uncle, Claudius, as Emperor.

31 August 1897 – Thomas Edison granted a patent for the world’s first movie camera, the Kinetograph. The patented incorporated a number of inventions related to the capture of moving pictures, including the kinetoscope.

31 August 1928 – birth of James Coburn, actor (‘The Great Escape‘, ‘The Magnificent Seven‘).

31 August 1997 – death of Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris. Born 1 July 1961.