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  • 1.1 Pronunciation
  • 1.2 Etymology 1
    * 1.2.1 Adjective
    * 1.2.1.1 Antonyms
    * 1.2.1.2 Derived terms
    * 1.2.1.3 Translations
    * 1.2.2 Noun
  • 1.3 Etymology 2
    * 1.3.1 Verb
  • 1.4 References
  • 1.5 Anagrams

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• (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.bl̩d/

Back-formation from disabled.[1]

abled (comparative more abled, superlative most abled)

1. (in combination) Having a range of physical powers as specified. [Late 20th century.][1]

• disabled

• abledness

• differently abled

• interabled

• otherly abled

• transabled

abled (plural ableds)

1. (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.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

abled

1. simple past and past participle of able

2. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.

• Balde, Blade, albed, baled, blade, blead

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