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collectable, a. and n.|kəˈlɛktəb(ə)l|
Also (now chiefly U.S.) -ible.
[f. collect v. + -able.]
A. adj.
1. a. That may be collected.
1660Eng. Monarchy the Freest State 6 Many other particulars, collectable out of..Magna charta. 1662Petty Taxes 45 Collectible by a very few hands. 1803Southey Lett. (1856) I. 243, I am weaving into it all the collectable circumstances of the time and manners of the people. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. I. i. xxiii. 333 A penalty collectible on summary Conviction.
b. Of souvenirs, objets d'art, bric-à-brac, etc.: worth collecting, sought after by collectors. Also transf., of the maker (artist, author, etc.) of such objects.
1888P. Fitzgerald in Gent. Mag. Apr., Old play bills, like everything that is ‘collectable’..have now become objects of value and desire to the amateur. 1897Daily News 10 July 8/3 There was no difficulty in pronouncing these [Jubilee] stamps ‘collectable’. 1961J. Douglas (title) Collectable things. Ibid. p. 39, I believe that one of these days collectors will wake up to the fact that the last hundred years has seen the making of more collectable bottles than at any other period of history. 1971D. Potter Brit. Eliz. Stamps iv. 56 The lines were placed down the vertical perforations, to either the right or to the left, producing two collectable varieties. 1978Lancashire Life Sept. 90/2 Even now that she has become collectable she sells her pictures often at less than half the prices she has been offered. 1980Daily Tel. 24 July 15/8 As well as being highly collectable..they make surprisingly roomy containers for all sorts of items.
†2. That may be inferred, deducible. Obs.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. i. 51 The difference of their concretion is..collectible from their dissolution. 1658― Hydriot. 2 Collectible from Scripture-Expression.
B. n. pl. (orig. U.S.) Things worth collecting, esp. rare, old, or interesting objects (not necessarily valuable or antique).
1955W. H. Blumenthal Bookmen's Bedlam 149 The range of collectibles is..endless. 1967Boston Sunday Herald 30 Apr. (Show Guide) 16/3 Tradecards became collectibles during their time... Adults pasted them in albums. Boys and girls swapped them. 1969Canad. Antiques Collector Oct. 5/2 The most popular collectibles are objects of pressed and art glass produced in Canada and the United States. 1974Saturday (Charleston, S. Carolina) 20 Apr. 8-a/6 Collectibles such as old prints, books, magazines, manuscripts and items offering a chance for reminiscing for those who have fond memories of the..twenties and thirties. 1978J. L. Hensley Killing in Gold xi. 152 My friends..like having some of their funds in good collectables. 1984Buses Dec. 569/2 This is a full-time service catering for the best in transport collectables. |
