abled
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Back-formation from disabledCategory:English back-formations#ABLED.[1]
Adjective
abled (comparative more abled, superlative most abled)Category:English lemmas#ABLEDCategory:English adjectives#ABLEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABLEDCategory:Pages with entries#ABLEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ABLED
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
abled (plural ableds)Category:English lemmas#ABLEDCategory:English nouns#ABLEDCategory:English countable nouns#ABLEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABLEDCategory:Pages with entries#ABLEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ABLED
- (among disabled people) A person who has no disability.
- 2022, Laura Erickson-Schroth, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, page 87:
- As a disabled person, there are many days I can't leave the house looking how I want to look, and I also have tics that make me look distinctly odd to ableds.Category:English terms with quotations#ABLED
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
abledCategory:English non-lemma forms#ABLEDCategory:English verb forms#ABLEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABLEDCategory:Pages with entries#ABLEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ABLED
- simple past and past participle of able
References
- 1 2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abled”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.