pred·i·ca·ble (pr d  -k -bl)adj. That can be stated or predicated: a predicable conclusion. n. 1. Something, such as a general quality or attribute, that can be predicated. 2. Logic One of the general attributes of a subject or class. In scholastic thought, the attributes are genus, species, property, differentia, and accident; in Aristotelian thought, they are definition, genus, proprium, and accident. [Late Latin praedic  bilis, from praedicre, to proclaim publicly, preach, predicate; see preach.]pred  i·ca·bili·ty, predi·ca·ble·ness n. |
predicable [ˈprɛdɪkəbəl]
adj
capable of being predicated or asserted
n
1. a quality, attribute, etc., that can be predicated
2. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic obsolete one of the five Aristotelian classes of predicates (the five heads of predicables), namely genus, species, difference, property, and relation
[from Latin praedicābilis, from praedicāre to assert publicly; see predicate, preach]
predicability , predicableness n
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