
ETYMOLOGY
from late Latin motabilis (mobile, moving), from Latin motare (to set in motion, keep moving) (from mot-, past participial stem of movere (to move)) + -abilis (-able)
EXAMPLE
“…The heat had, also, made the whole atmosphere tremulous and visible, so that the outline of towers, turrets, and majestic edifices of stone and marble, was fluttering and motable as if an etherial sea of some subtle fluid, with trembling waves and a constant, rippling motion, was flowing and dancing over it. …”
From: The Ladies’ Companion
A Monthly Magazine Embracing Every Department of Literature
Volume XIV, Printed 1841
‘The English Family; Or, Who Are They? ‘
A Sketch by Joseph Holt Ingraham