agitableadj.

Brit.

/ˈadʒᵻtəbl/, U.S.

/ˈædʒədəb(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin agitābilis.

Etymology: < classical Latin agitābilis mobile, easily moved < agitāre agitate v. + -bilis -ble suffix.In quot. 1603 at sense 2 after Middle French agitable that can be troubled (1580 in an isolated attestation in the passage translated; French agitable ‘capable of being agitated’ subsequently from the first half of the 19th cent.).

1. Capable of being set in motion; easily moved, stirred, or shaken.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > [adjective] > easily set in motion

agitable1548

agile1694

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxij A rede with euery wind is agitable & flexible.

1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen 82 The finer and more agitable Particles.

1734 T. Knight Crit. Diss. Mercurial Med. 39 Special Care must be taken to keep due Consistence, a very small Portion of the Syrup to render the Conserve agitable, and not to destroy its Glutinosity.

1787 C. Taylor Surv. Nature II. iii. 198 The throat [of the rattlesnake] is large; the tongue black, thin, forked; partly covered, and very mobile and agitable.

1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 40 127/2 Do we also conceive, that the element of water is so made, that it is agitable, and that, in the impulse of the driving air, there is a force suited to urge it into commotion?

1918 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 12 Feb. 280/1 A mixing and stirring device comprising: a container for a mass of agitable material, [etc.].

1992 Strategic Managem. Jrnl. 13 502/1 Pontoons which float but have most of their surface area below the agitable water's surface.

2. Capable of being mentally or emotionally disturbed; easily excited or made anxious. Now somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [adjective]

tickle1534

gunpowder1598

agitable1603

activable1606

thatched1606

excitable1609

powdery1611

incensible1614

hot-bloodeda1616

warm-headed1690

combustible1698

fermentable1731

intoxicablea1734

tindery1753

inflammable1800

pattypan1858

gunpowdery1868

gunpowderous1870

erethic1888

arousable1890

hyper1942

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [adjective] > nervous or easily agitated

agitable1603

wincing1603

nervous1740

nervo-sanguineous1807

alarmable1813

intense1817

tense1821

finely-strung1841

flutterable1891

nerve-ridden1892

shockable1893

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xii. 627 Their [sc. the vulgar's] mind..is lesse penetrable and agitable [Fr. agitable].

1781 F. Okely tr. H. Jansen Faithful Narr. God's Dealings with Hiel 69 If any Thing..happens favourably to him..then is he..very agitable.

1842 J. Tracy Great Awakening xiii. 217 It was a time, too, of agitable nerves. There had been two centuries of tremendous nervous excitement.

2010 Village Voice (Nexis) 3 Nov. A heralded painter turned agitable mental patient, he drowns himself in the bleak evocations of his work.

Compounds

agitable lamp n. now historical and rare an oil lamp with a closed reservoir, able to be moved without spillage of oil.The patent description by Miles in 1787 does not include the term, referring instead to ‘making lamps..so as to give perfect light though ever so much agitated’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > types of

crusiea1774

agitable lamp1788

gaslight1806

moaler1843

table lampc1849

bracket-burner1867

blast-lampa1884

Betty lamp1893

acetylene1899

quartz lamp1907

Etna lamp1912

palouser1918

1788 Felix Farley's Bristol Jrnl. 27 Dec. Miles's Patent Agitable Lamps... Burn Oil without spilling, to whatever motion they may be liable or position thrown into.

1824 Glasgow Mechanics' Mag. 27 Mar. 204 Agitable Lamps... Our Correspondent calls them Agitable, because one can toss them about the house without spilling a drop of oil.

1959 H. F. Williamson & A. R. Daum Amer. Petroleum Industry ii. 31 The introduction of both single and multi-tubed drop burners [in c.1800]..gave Americans their first closed, oil-tight, genuinely agitable lamps.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agitable
释义	agitableadj. Brit. /ˈadʒᵻtəbl/, U.S. /ˈædʒədəb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin agitābilis. Etymology: < classical Latin agitābilis mobile, easily moved < agitāre agitate v. + -bilis -ble suffix.In quot. 1603 at sense 2 after Middle French agitable that can be troubled (1580 in an isolated attestation in the passage translated; French agitable ‘capable of being agitated’ subsequently from the first half of the 19th cent.). 1. Capable of being set in motion; easily moved, stirred, or shaken. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [adjective] > easily set in motion agitable1548 agile1694 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxij A rede with euery wind is agitable & flexible. 1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen 82 The finer and more agitable Particles. 1734 T. Knight Crit. Diss. Mercurial Med. 39 Special Care must be taken to keep due Consistence, a very small Portion of the Syrup to render the Conserve agitable, and not to destroy its Glutinosity. 1787 C. Taylor Surv. Nature II. iii. 198 The throat [of the rattlesnake] is large; the tongue black, thin, forked; partly covered, and very mobile and agitable. 1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 40 127/2 Do we also conceive, that the element of water is so made, that it is agitable, and that, in the impulse of the driving air, there is a force suited to urge it into commotion? 1918 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 12 Feb. 280/1 A mixing and stirring device comprising: a container for a mass of agitable material, [etc.]. 1992 Strategic Managem. Jrnl. 13 502/1 Pontoons which float but have most of their surface area below the agitable water's surface. 2. Capable of being mentally or emotionally disturbed; easily excited or made anxious. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [adjective] tickle1534 gunpowder1598 agitable1603 activable1606 thatched1606 excitable1609 powdery1611 incensible1614 hot-bloodeda1616 warm-headed1690 combustible1698 fermentable1731 intoxicablea1734 tindery1753 inflammable1800 pattypan1858 gunpowdery1868 gunpowderous1870 erethic1888 arousable1890 hyper1942 the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [adjective] > nervous or easily agitated agitable1603 wincing1603 nervous1740 nervo-sanguineous1807 alarmable1813 intense1817 tense1821 finely-strung1841 flutterable1891 nerve-ridden1892 shockable1893 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xii. 627 Their [sc. the vulgar's] mind..is lesse penetrable and agitable [Fr. agitable]. 1781 F. Okely tr. H. Jansen Faithful Narr. God's Dealings with Hiel 69 If any Thing..happens favourably to him..then is he..very agitable. 1842 J. Tracy Great Awakening xiii. 217 It was a time, too, of agitable nerves. There had been two centuries of tremendous nervous excitement. 2010 Village Voice (Nexis) 3 Nov. A heralded painter turned agitable mental patient, he drowns himself in the bleak evocations of his work. Compounds agitable lamp n. now historical and rare an oil lamp with a closed reservoir, able to be moved without spillage of oil.The patent description by Miles in 1787 does not include the term, referring instead to ‘making lamps..so as to give perfect light though ever so much agitated’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > types of crusiea1774 agitable lamp1788 gaslight1806 moaler1843 table lampc1849 bracket-burner1867 blast-lampa1884 Betty lamp1893 acetylene1899 quartz lamp1907 Etna lamp1912 palouser1918 1788 Felix Farley's Bristol Jrnl. 27 Dec. Miles's Patent Agitable Lamps... Burn Oil without spilling, to whatever motion they may be liable or position thrown into. 1824 Glasgow Mechanics' Mag. 27 Mar. 204 Agitable Lamps... Our Correspondent calls them Agitable, because one can toss them about the house without spilling a drop of oil. 1959 H. F. Williamson & A. R. Daum Amer. Petroleum Industry ii. 31 The introduction of both single and multi-tubed drop burners [in c.1800]..gave Americans their first closed, oil-tight, genuinely agitable lamps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1548
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