commendableadj.n.

/kəˈmɛndəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Old French commendable, < Latin commendābilis praiseworthy, < commendāre : see commend v. and -able suffix. The French derivation gave the earlier accentuation, commenˈdable, ˈcommendable, the latter still, with an uncertain exception, used by Shakespeare. Dr. Johnson noted this as obsolete, and coˈmmendable, although considered by Walker ‘vulgar’, is now prevalent.

A. adj.

1. Proper to be commended, deserving of commendation or approval, praiseworthy, laudable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > [adjective] > advisable

commendablec1386

advisable1638

counsellable1644

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [adjective]

loflyOE

herewortha1225

praisablec1350

provablea1382

heryful1382

praisefulc1384

commendablec1386

lowablea1400

allowablec1400

meritable?1400

laudablec1420

thankworthy1421

lovablec1422

thankworth?1426

thanklewe1430

recommendable1477

meritoriousa1513

praiseworthya1538

apprisablec1540

plausible1561

praiseworth1591

applausive1605

allaudable1727

c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋894 No thing so comendable in a gret lord, as whan he is debonaire.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xlii. 8 Thou schalt be comendable in the siȝt of alle men.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 255 And I it hold vertuouse and right commendabill To have verry knowlech of things reprouabill.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xviii. xxix Your great deceyte is nothing commendable.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 111 Silence is onely commendable In a neates togue dried, and a mayde not vendable.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xii. 123 To set them forth in their commendablest fashion.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vi. 106 Liberality and Bounty are exceedingly commendable.

1870 Daily News 7 Oct. 4/6 The work of applying the Act with most commendable zeal.

†2. Commendatory. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [adjective] > of words or expressions

praisinga1382

laudablec1420

magnifical1533

magnific1548

commendatory1555

laudatory?1567

commendable1576

laudative1609

eulogiacal1654

eulogistic1825

eulogic1831

encomiastic1841

eulogious1887

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 45 This hope..that your opinion concerning his person, and behaviour, would be no lesse commendable then oures.

1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 360 I mistrust not..but that, without our commendable certificate, hee is like enoughe to please. [Cf. a1616 Shakespeare Coriol. (1623) iv. vii. 51.]

†B. n.

A commendable thing or quality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [noun] > praiseworthy thing

praising?c1225

praise1532

commendable1654

tribute1926

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 340 All the Commendables in Politicke Government.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 25 Touching the third Commendable in the search of our selves, namely, Certainty and Evidence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	commendable
释义	commendableadj.n. /kəˈmɛndəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < Old French commendable, < Latin commendābilis praiseworthy, < commendāre : see commend v. and -able suffix. The French derivation gave the earlier accentuation, commenˈdable, ˈcommendable, the latter still, with an uncertain exception, used by Shakespeare. Dr. Johnson noted this as obsolete, and coˈmmendable, although considered by Walker ‘vulgar’, is now prevalent. A. adj. 1. Proper to be commended, deserving of commendation or approval, praiseworthy, laudable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > [adjective] > advisable commendablec1386 advisable1638 counsellable1644 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [adjective] loflyOE herewortha1225 praisablec1350 provablea1382 heryful1382 praisefulc1384 commendablec1386 lowablea1400 allowablec1400 meritable?1400 laudablec1420 thankworthy1421 lovablec1422 thankworth?1426 thanklewe1430 recommendable1477 meritoriousa1513 praiseworthya1538 apprisablec1540 plausible1561 praiseworth1591 applausive1605 allaudable1727 c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋894 No thing so comendable in a gret lord, as whan he is debonaire. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xlii. 8 Thou schalt be comendable in the siȝt of alle men. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 255 And I it hold vertuouse and right commendabill To have verry knowlech of things reprouabill. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xviii. xxix Your great deceyte is nothing commendable. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 111 Silence is onely commendable In a neates togue dried, and a mayde not vendable. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xii. 123 To set them forth in their commendablest fashion. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vi. 106 Liberality and Bounty are exceedingly commendable. 1870 Daily News 7 Oct. 4/6 The work of applying the Act with most commendable zeal. †2. Commendatory. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [adjective] > of words or expressions praisinga1382 laudablec1420 magnifical1533 magnific1548 commendatory1555 laudatory?1567 commendable1576 laudative1609 eulogiacal1654 eulogistic1825 eulogic1831 encomiastic1841 eulogious1887 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 45 This hope..that your opinion concerning his person, and behaviour, would be no lesse commendable then oures. 1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 360 I mistrust not..but that, without our commendable certificate, hee is like enoughe to please. [Cf. a1616 Shakespeare Coriol. (1623) iv. vii. 51.] †B. n. A commendable thing or quality. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [noun] > praiseworthy thing praising?c1225 praise1532 commendable1654 tribute1926 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 340 All the Commendables in Politicke Government. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 25 Touching the third Commendable in the search of our selves, namely, Certainty and Evidence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.c1386
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