| 释义 |
ˈcreditableness
[f. prec. + -ness.]
†1. Worthiness of being believed; credibility.
1677Cary Chronol. ii. ii. iii. x. 243 The Creditableness of this Hypothesis. 1682Disc. Addresses agst. Association 13 Consider of the Quality and Creditableness of the Witnesses.
2. The quality or condition of being creditable or in good repute.
1647Power of Keys v. 117 The creditablenesse of an unchristian, impious life, so long as they may be allowed but the Christian name. 1667Decay Chr. Piety ii. §17. 215 The creditableness and repute of customary vices. 1816Coleridge Statesm. Man., Biogr. Lit. (1882) 364 The discovery that they could purchase the decencies and the creditableness of religion at so small an expenditure of faith. |