Huggable
/ˈhʌɡ.ə.bəl/noun
Suitable or pleasant to hug.
Did you know?The verb behind “huggable” is linked to Old Norse hugga, “to comfort,” and to hugr, a word for the mind, thought, or spirit.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hugjaną
“To think, consider, or have in mind”
Old Norse
Old Norse
hugga
“To comfort or console”
Old Norse
Old Norse
hugr
“Mind, thought, spirit, or disposition”
16th Century
English
hug
“To embrace closely; the Scandinavian sense of comforting developed into physical embracing”
19th Century
English
-able
“A productive suffix meaning capable of or suitable for”
Modern English
English
huggable
“Suitable or pleasant to hug”