Antonyms for lodgeable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : loj
Phonetic Transcription : lÉ’dÊ’


Definition of lodgeable

Origin :
  • mid-13c. in surnames and place names; late 13c. as "small building or hut," from Old French loge "arbor, covered walk; hut, cabin, grandstand at a tournament," from Frankish *laubja "shelter" (cf. Old High German louba "porch, gallery," German Laube "bower, arbor"), from Proto-Germanic *laubja- "shelter," likely originally "shelter of foliage," or "roof made from bark," from root of leaf (n.).
  • "Hunter's cabin" sense is first recorded late 14c. Sense of "local branch of a society" is first recorded 1680s, from mid-14c. logge "workshop of masons." Also used of certain American Indian buildings, hence lodge-pole (1805). Feste of Logges (c.1400) was a Middle English rendition of the Old Testament Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.
  • As in livable : adj adequate, acceptable
  • As in inhabitable : adj livable
Example sentences :
  • The house is old fashioned and irregular, but lodgeable and commodious.
  • Extract from : « The Expedition of Humphry Clinker » by Tobias Smollett

Synonyms for lodgeable

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