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Word of the day: dirigible

Dirigible (noun): An airship.

Dirigible (adjective): Capable of being steered or guided.

Does this mean that an airship capable of being steered or guided is a dirigible dirigible?

Upon posing this question to the office, the web guy sitting opposite me asked whether a desert rodent capable of being guided was a 'dirigerbil'...

A risible dirigible dirigible