a. [f. TAME v.1 + -ABLE.] Capable of being tamed.
1552. Huloet, Tameable, domitalis, e.
1576. Fleming, Caius’ Dogs, Preamble. In the second Order of milde and tamable beasts.
1648. Wilkins, Math. Magick, II. Dædalus, vii. (1707), 118. Great Fowl, of a strong lasting Flight, and easily tameable.
Mod. Tameable if taken young.
Hence Tameableness, Tameability (tama-), the quality of being tameable.
1821. Syd. Smith, in Lady Holland, Mem. (1855), II. 213. The kingdom is in the hands of an oligarchy, who … are too cunning, and too well aware of the tameability of mankind to give it up.
1828. Webster, Tamableness.
1898. E. P. Evans, Evol. Ethics, vi. 218. The tamability of an animal is simply its capability of adapting itself to new relations in life.
