Conjecturable

con·jec·ture  (kn-jkchr)

n.

1. Inference or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork.

2. A statement, opinion, or conclusion based on guesswork: The commentators made various conjectures about the outcome of the next election.

v. con·jec·tured, con·jec·tur·ing, con·jec·tures

v.tr.

To infer from inconclusive evidence; guess.

v.intr.

To make a conjecture.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin coniectra, from coniectus, past participle of conicere, to infer : com-, com- + iacere, to throw; see y- in Indo-European roots.]

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con·jectur·a·ble adj.

con·jectur·a·bly adv.

con·jectur·er n.