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单词 clubbable
释义

clubbableadj.

/ˈklʌbəb(ə)l/
Forms: 1700s– clubable, 1800s– clubbable.
Etymology: < club n. + -able suffix.
Having such qualities as fit one to be a member of a club; sociable.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [adjective] > disposed to or fit for club(s)
clubbable1791
clubbish1848
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1783 II. 475 Boswell (said he) is a very clubable man. [Johnson is said to have used unclubable sometime earlier: see unclubbable adj.]
1863 Galton in Reader 26 Dec. 767 Two species of animals do not consider one another companionable, or clubable, unless their behaviour and their persons are reciprocally agreeable.
1883 M. Pattison Mem. (1885) 75 The public opinion of the University..had come to regard a college as a club, into which you should get only clubbable men.

Derivatives

clubbability n. (colloquial)
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > club > fitness to be member
clubbability1879
clubbableness1930
1879 Daily Tel. 17 Oct. At that stage of clubbability the Parisian has not..yet arrived.
1886 World 24 Feb. 13 The jollier view of clubbability, its rights and its privileges.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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