behoovable

English

Etymology

behoove +‎ -able

Adjective

behoovable (comparative more behoovable, superlative most behoovable)

(obsolete) Supplying need; profitable; advantageous.
- c. 1393, Julian of Norwich, “chapter 27”, in Revelations of Divine Love:
  Synne is behovabil, but al shal be wel

References

behoovable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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