Definition of Presintable

Definition of Presintable

Pre*sent"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. présentable.] 1. Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society; as, ideas that are presentable in simple language; she is not presentable in such a gown.

2. Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman; as, a church presentable. [R.] Ayliffe.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time
and place.
In Boorioboola-Gha a man is presentable on occasions of ceremony
if he have his abdomen painted a bright blue and wear a cow's tail; in
New York he may, if it please him, omit the paint, but after sunset he
must wear two tails made of the wool of a sheep and dyed black.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

in good enough shape that someone or something can be shown to other people, tidy, attractive
*Before we go out, let me just go to the washroom and make myself presentable.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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