a. rare. [f. TORTURE v. + -ABLE.] Capable of being tortured. Hence Torturableness (rare).
1655–87. H. More, App. Antid., v. § 4. 193. I … assert that a torturable being is a Spirit incorporate.
1727. Bailey, vol. II. Torturableness, capableness of Torture.
1852. Burton, Crim. Trials Scot., I. 229. Long confinement having reduced the extent of his torturable strength.
