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controvertible • \KAHN-truh-ver-tuh-bul\ • adjective
: capable of being disputed or opposed by reason
Origin: controversy.
First use: 1584
Did you know?
If you’re familiar with incontrovertible, you may have wondered about the existence of controvertible. Both words are direct descendants of controvert (“to dispute or oppose by reasoning”), which dates back to 1584 in English and itself derives from controversy. Controvertible was documented in print as early as 1610, and incontrovertible turned up around thirty years later. Controversy comes to us (through Anglo-French) from the Latin controversus, meaning “disputable,” and can ultimately be traced back to the Latin contro- (“against”) and versus, the past participle of vertere (“to turn”).
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I can see this as a useful word when talking or writing about law cases and such like. 🙂