Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-HAB'IT-A-BLE, a. [from inhabit.]

1. Habitable; that may be inhabited; capable of affording habitation to animals. The stars may be inhabitable worlds. Some regions of the earth are not inhabitable, by reason of cold or sterility. A building may be too old and decayed to be inhabitable.
2. Not habitable. [Fr. inhabitable; L. inhabitabilis.] [Not in use.] – Shak.