communicable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
    transmittable; contagious; transmissible; catching; contractable.
  2. adjective satellite readily communicated
    • communicable ideas

WordNet

Com*mu"ni*ca*ble adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. communicable, LL. communicabilis.
Definitions
  1. Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.
  2. Communicative; free-speaking. Obs. B. Jonson. -- Com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mu"ni*ca"bly, adv.

Webster 1913