donable

[ doh-nuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. available free from government surpluses:

   Needy people in the program were eligible for donable foods such as beans and peas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of donable¹

First recorded in 1720–30; don(ate) + -able

Example Sentences

Par′donable, that may be pardoned: excusable.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

As to the Kadhy, who was a shrewd Constantinopolitan, most people supposed that the Porte had sent him to watch the proceedings of Mohammed Aly, and give information accordingly to the Sultan; and it struck me that his behaviour towards myself was connected with an intention of accusing the Pasha, on his return to Constantinople, of having protected a Christian in his visit to the holy cities, a crime which would be considered unpar­donable in a Pasha.

From Project Gutenberg