communicableadj.

Brit.

/kəˈmjuːnᵻkəbl/, U.S.

/kəˈmjunəkəb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English commynycable, 1500s communycable, 1500s– communicable.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French communicable; Latin communicabilis.

Etymology: < Middle French, French communicable affable, sociable (c1400), that may be communicated (a1481), connected, linked (1690), (of a disease) contagious (1690), and its etymon post-classical Latin communicabilis affable, sociable (late 4th cent.), capable of being communicated (late 5th cent.) < classical Latin commūnicāre communicate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Catalan comunicable (1490), Spanish comunicable (first half of the 15th cent.), Portuguese comunicável (1573), Italian comunicabile (early 14th cent.).

1. Affording communication (esp. by water); communicating; linked, connected. Now rare.In quot. a1398: from which water may pass into other streams.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > contiguous > physically communicating

communicablea1398

communicant1698

communicating1738

intercommunicating1852

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [adjective] > connected continuously to or with > intercommunicating

communicablea1398

communicating1797

interpenetrant1848

intercommunicating1852

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xiii. xx. 665 Abissus..fongeþ neuere so moche water but it may fonge more, and may neuere be stoppid ne ylauede ne y-emptyde, and is commynycable.

1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 187 Surveying the River Thames, and the Sharwell, to find if they might be made Navigable, and Communicable with the Severne and Avon.

1781 M. J. Armstrong Hist. & Antiq. Norfolk II. 96 The vale..was formerly an æstuary, communicable with the ocean at Yarmouth.

1861 J. W. Barber & H. Howe Our Whole Country I. 405 Brooklyn is..separated by the East River from the south part of New York city, and communicable with it, by numerous steam ferries.

1890 Cent. Dict. 4019/2 Its [sc. the nose's] cavities, or fossæ, freely communicable with the cavities of the mouth and lungs.

1997 O. Popescu Stud. Hist. Latin Amer. Econ. Thought ix. 150 If we do not attempt to make the interior of the kingdom communicable with the coasts, it is better not to even think of developing it.

†2. Having a common or mutual relationship. Cf. communicably adv. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] > pertaining in common

communicablea1529

a1529 J. Skelton Certayne Bokes (1545) sig. Cv^v To the father, and the son, thou art communycable In vnitate, which is Inseperable.

3. That may be communicated, in various senses.

a. Of a quality, attribute, etc.: that may be imparted or transmitted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > transmitting or passing on > transmitted or passed on > able to be

communicablea1533

conveyable1577

transmittable1611

traducible1633

derivative1637

derivable1640

transmissible1644

propagatory1652

transmigrable1689

propagablea1707

transmissive1709

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Dd.viij The goddis..haue made all thynges communicable to men mortall, excepte immortalitie.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. v. sig. Ggg.iv/1 Properties of God alone, communicable to no creature.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 419 Lost bliss, to thee no more communicable .

a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) I. 324 The goodness of this World is not possibly communicable to any other world.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. l. 437 The power of attracting iron, etc. possessed by the loadstone, which is also communicable to iron and steel.

1841 Western Jrnl. Med. & Surg. Nov. 332 This fever..possesses no communicable properties.

1924 G. Overton Cargoes for Crusoes v. 84 Their interest and joy is communicable to the child of four years—and they are read and re-read by boys and girls up to twelve.

1939 Centralia (Washington) Daily Chron. 28 Oct. 2/6 A form of hysteria, like the communicable excitement at a camp meeting.

2003 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 8 May (Arts & Life section) 3 A black man of stupendous girth, copious talent and communicable joy.

b. Of information, knowledge, etc.: that may be conveyed; of which an account or description can be given.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > [adjective] > communicated > able to be

communicable1587

communicative1601

impartible1631

impartable1655

conveyable1738

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1353/1 This is all that we purposed to saie touching the monsieur, hauing omitted much that is not communicable.

1663 A. Marvell Let. 6 June in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 37 I should do it [sc. salute you] oftner were the businesse of the House so..communicable as formerly.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 124 Things not reveal'd, which th'invisible King..hath supprest in Night, To none communicable in Earth or Heaven.

?1740 Erskine tr. Trav. & Adventures Mademoiselle de Richelieu (ed. 2) II. 94 Words..are the immediate Matter of Knowledge; I mean, of Knowledge considered as communicable, or capable of being transmitted from one to another.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. xix. 97 He will..thereby spoil all the good effects he might have worked by his communicable ideas.

1836 W. B. Marshall Personal Narr. Two Visits N.Z. ii. 256 ‘Kapai! Good!’ being the only vocable by which satisfaction at the receipt of kindness is communicable.

1862 W. Hough Let. 29 Aug. in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1899) 2nd Ser. IV. 867 I hope you will remember the interest I officially have in such information as may be communicable.

1905 Proc. Amer. Polit. Sci. Assoc. 2 208 How much really definite and communicable information does the average mind contain on a given subject?

1931 H. Read Meaning of Art II. 114 A vision that was too mystical to be wholly communicable.

1962 K. Gallagher Philos. Gabriel Marcel i. 3 We do not grasp this as communicable information, but as a forefeeling.

1996 Church Times 21 June 17/1 They're unlikely to have the sort of qualities needed to bring back to earth a communicable vision of what they experience in space.

c. Christian Church. Of a person: eligible to receive communion; that takes communion. Cf. communicate v. 7b, communicant n. 1b. Now historical and rare.Quot. 1845 indicates use of this sense in parochial records from 1661.

ΚΠ

1686 N. Bisbie Bishop Visiting 25 [Communion] was seldom enough celebrated, and in some places (though a thousand communicable Persons were in them) not so much as once.

1788 J. Nichols Hist. & Antiq. Canonbury-house 12 Persons supposed to be qualified to receive the communion, such as might be styled communicable persons, rather than communicants.

1845 K. MacKenzie in New Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 134 In the year 1661, there were 559 ‘communicable’ persons in the parish of Kinneil, the greater part of whom resided in the town of Kinneil.

1900 A. R. MacEwen Erskines iii. 41 Dunfermline at the time of his ordination had 5000 ‘communicable persons’, and was already famed for its linen industry; but religiously it was all but dead.

1987 J. P. Boulton Neighbourhood & Society ii. 18 In 1622 forty-two households contained children of communicable age.

d. Esp. of a disease: that can be transmitted directly or indirectly from one person or animal to another; infectious.

ΚΠ

1699 tr. M. Ettmüller Etmullerus Abridg'd i. xv. v. 255 The original of Contagion, is an active Spirituous ferment, easily communicable to the Spirits,..capable to propagate it self by a fermentative motion.]

1713 W. Cockburn Symptoms Gonorrhoea i. 2 It is infectious, and communicable by either of the Sexes to the other.

1755 Monthly Rev. Feb. 134 The plague is not communicable but by the contact of, or approach to, a person apparently infected with it.

1836 Periscope Apr. in Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 24 498/2 The influenza has been supposed by some to be communicable, by infection, from one person to another.

1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 483 An animal poison..communicable from person to person.

1917 H. W. Conn Bacteria, Yeasts, & Molds in Home (rev. ed.) xvi. 244 Measles is only contagious in its early stages, and a week after the patient ‘breaks out’ is no longer communicable.

1990 Countryside Winter 75/2 Congestion in the Refuge contributes to the spread of brucellosis, an infectious disease, communicable to cattle and humans.

1994 W. Farrell Myth Male Power (rev. ed.) iv. 79 One out of every twenty-one fire fighters is exposed to communicable diseases.

4. Disposed or ready to communicate or converse; = communicative adj. 7a. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]

wordyeOE

talewisec1200

i-worded?c1225

babblinga1250

cacklinga1250

chatteringa1250

speakfula1250

word-wooda1250

of many wordsc1350

janglingc1374

tatteringc1380

tongueya1382

ganglinga1398

readya1400

jargaunt1412

talkative1432

open-moutheda1470

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

windy1513

popping1528

smatteringa1529

rattle?1529

communicablea1533

blab1552

gaggling1553

long-tongued?1553

prittle-prattle1556

pattering1558

talking1560

bobling1566

gabbling1566

verbal1572

piet1573

twattling1573

flibber gibber1575

babblative1576

tickle-tongued1577

tattling1581

buzzing1587

long-winded1589

multiloquous1591

discoursive1599

rattling1600

glib1602

flippant1605

talkful1605

nimble-tongued1608

tongue-ripe1610

fliperous1611

garrulous?1611

futile1612

overspeaking1612

feather-tongueda1618

tongue-free1617

long-breatheda1628

well-breathed1635

multiloquious1640

untongue-tied1640

unretentive1650

communicative1651

linguacious1651

glibbed1654

largiloquent1656

multiloquent1656

parlagea1657

loose-clacked1661

nimble-chop1662

twit-twat1665

over-talkativea1667

loquacious1667

loudmouth1668

conversable1673

gash1681

narrative1681

chappy1693

apposite1701

conversative1703

gabbit1710

lubricous1715

gabby?1719

ventose1721

taleful1726

chatty?1741

blethering1759

renable1781

fetch-fire1784

conversational1799

conversant1803

gashing1808

long-lunged1815

talky1815

multi-loquacious1819

prolegomenous1822

talky-talky1831

nimble-mouthed1836

slipper1842

speechful1842

gassy1843

in great force1849

yattering1859

babbly1860

irreticent1864

chattable1867

lubrical1867

chattery1869

loose-mouthed1872

chinny1883

tongue-wagging1885

yappy1909

big-mouthed1914

loose-lipped1919

ear-bashing1945

ear-bending1946

yackety-yacking1953

nattering1959

yacking1959

woofy1960

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > open to conversation > communicative

communicablea1533

communicative1602

conversablea1684

conversationable1843

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. G.vj Communicable and conuersaunt with many.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Dd.vj Be great with the greattest, and communicable with your inferiours.

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes ii. i. f. 80 v/2 Man..was a creature..sociable, communycable [Sp. communicable], and risyble.

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd vii. 89 This retirednesse is no cure for your disease; you must be free and communicable.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 13 I would rather prove my self to be a Gentleman, by being learned and humble, valiant and inoffensive, vertuous, and communicable, then by a fond ostentation of riches.

1764 C. Denis & R.Lloyd tr. M. Marmontel Moral Tales M. Marmontel I. 225 Clarissa..was told that real philosophers were very scarce; that they were not the most communicable men in the world.

1798 W. Hutton Life App. 120 The favourite topics of the communicable old man.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xx. 285 Of a frank and communicable disposition.

1912 R. A. Freeman Myst. 31, New Inn ix. 160 A very communicable young gentleman..He seemed quite pleased to relieve the monotony of office work with a little conversation.

1949 H. Miller Sexus I. iii. 88 He looks like a superior type of man—not very communicable either.

†5. Of a word or name: commonly or generally applicable to (also with). Obsolete.Esp. with reference to the names of God.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [adjective] > relating to other specific types of word

long-tailedc1550

communicable1583

unanalogical1755

learned1869

parasynetic1885

monorrhemic1939

1583 W. Rainolds Refut. Sundry Reprehensions xii. 308 Other names of God are communicable with creatures, but the name Tetragrammaton is not so.

1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 33 The name Iehouah is..not communicable to any angel either properly or representatiuely.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) London 191 The Engine. This general Word, communicable to all Machins or Instruments, use..hath confined to signifie that which is used to quench Scare-fires.

1717 T. Hind Divinity of Our Saviour Prov'd 18 For never can that Name [sc. Jehovah] be communicable to any Creature.

6. Suitable for communication; (esp. of language) that conveys information effectively or clearly. rare before 20th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > [adjective] > communicating > suitable for

communicable1589

communicative1664

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. x. 133 The vulgar instruction requiring also vulgar and communicable termes, not clerkly or vncouthe.

1643 True Informer 16 In some communicable language (either in French or Latin).

1784 J. Richardson Statical Estimates Materials Brewing i. iv. 64 An instrument which will..point out the value of the liquor produced from it, in explicit and communicable terms.

1877 B. Bose New Syst. Med. 7 Maintaining that we have a healthy organ of speech, and intelligible sounds and words, but are incapable of framing a clear and communicable language.

1938 S. Box in W. Kozlenko One-act Play Today 54 He [sc. the playwright] must speak a communicable language in a communicable idiom.

1965 20th Cent. Lit. 11 72/2 The Zulu spoke no conventionally communicable language.

1998 Guardian (Nexis) 23 July 18 Mahbub's skill for formulating policy in communicable terms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	communicable
释义	communicableadj. Brit. /kəˈmjuːnᵻkəbl/, U.S. /kəˈmjunəkəb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English commynycable, 1500s communycable, 1500s– communicable. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French communicable; Latin communicabilis. Etymology: < Middle French, French communicable affable, sociable (c1400), that may be communicated (a1481), connected, linked (1690), (of a disease) contagious (1690), and its etymon post-classical Latin communicabilis affable, sociable (late 4th cent.), capable of being communicated (late 5th cent.) < classical Latin commūnicāre communicate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Catalan comunicable (1490), Spanish comunicable (first half of the 15th cent.), Portuguese comunicável (1573), Italian comunicabile (early 14th cent.). 1. Affording communication (esp. by water); communicating; linked, connected. Now rare.In quot. a1398: from which water may pass into other streams. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > contiguous > physically communicating communicablea1398 communicant1698 communicating1738 intercommunicating1852 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [adjective] > connected continuously to or with > intercommunicating communicablea1398 communicating1797 interpenetrant1848 intercommunicating1852 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xiii. xx. 665 Abissus..fongeþ neuere so moche water but it may fonge more, and may neuere be stoppid ne ylauede ne y-emptyde, and is commynycable. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 187 Surveying the River Thames, and the Sharwell, to find if they might be made Navigable, and Communicable with the Severne and Avon. 1781 M. J. Armstrong Hist. & Antiq. Norfolk II. 96 The vale..was formerly an æstuary, communicable with the ocean at Yarmouth. 1861 J. W. Barber & H. Howe Our Whole Country I. 405 Brooklyn is..separated by the East River from the south part of New York city, and communicable with it, by numerous steam ferries. 1890 Cent. Dict. 4019/2 Its [sc. the nose's] cavities, or fossæ, freely communicable with the cavities of the mouth and lungs. 1997 O. Popescu Stud. Hist. Latin Amer. Econ. Thought ix. 150 If we do not attempt to make the interior of the kingdom communicable with the coasts, it is better not to even think of developing it. †2. Having a common or mutual relationship. Cf. communicably adv. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] > pertaining in common communicablea1529 a1529 J. Skelton Certayne Bokes (1545) sig. Cv^v To the father, and the son, thou art communycable In vnitate, which is Inseperable. 3. That may be communicated, in various senses. a. Of a quality, attribute, etc.: that may be imparted or transmitted. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > transmitting or passing on > transmitted or passed on > able to be communicablea1533 conveyable1577 transmittable1611 traducible1633 derivative1637 derivable1640 transmissible1644 propagatory1652 transmigrable1689 propagablea1707 transmissive1709 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Dd.viij The goddis..haue made all thynges communicable to men mortall, excepte immortalitie. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. v. sig. Ggg.iv/1 Properties of God alone, communicable to no creature. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 419 Lost bliss, to thee no more communicable . View more context for this quotation a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) I. 324 The goodness of this World is not possibly communicable to any other world. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. l. 437 The power of attracting iron, etc. possessed by the loadstone, which is also communicable to iron and steel. 1841 Western Jrnl. Med. & Surg. Nov. 332 This fever..possesses no communicable properties. 1924 G. Overton Cargoes for Crusoes v. 84 Their interest and joy is communicable to the child of four years—and they are read and re-read by boys and girls up to twelve. 1939 Centralia (Washington) Daily Chron. 28 Oct. 2/6 A form of hysteria, like the communicable excitement at a camp meeting. 2003 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 8 May (Arts & Life section) 3 A black man of stupendous girth, copious talent and communicable joy. b. Of information, knowledge, etc.: that may be conveyed; of which an account or description can be given. ΘΚΠ society > communication > [adjective] > communicated > able to be communicable1587 communicative1601 impartible1631 impartable1655 conveyable1738 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1353/1 This is all that we purposed to saie touching the monsieur, hauing omitted much that is not communicable. 1663 A. Marvell Let. 6 June in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 37 I should do it [sc. salute you] oftner were the businesse of the House so..communicable as formerly. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 124 Things not reveal'd, which th'invisible King..hath supprest in Night, To none communicable in Earth or Heaven. View more context for this quotation ?1740 Erskine tr. Trav. & Adventures Mademoiselle de Richelieu (ed. 2) II. 94 Words..are the immediate Matter of Knowledge; I mean, of Knowledge considered as communicable, or capable of being transmitted from one to another. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. xix. 97 He will..thereby spoil all the good effects he might have worked by his communicable ideas. 1836 W. B. Marshall Personal Narr. Two Visits N.Z. ii. 256 ‘Kapai! Good!’ being the only vocable by which satisfaction at the receipt of kindness is communicable. 1862 W. Hough Let. 29 Aug. in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1899) 2nd Ser. IV. 867 I hope you will remember the interest I officially have in such information as may be communicable. 1905 Proc. Amer. Polit. Sci. Assoc. 2 208 How much really definite and communicable information does the average mind contain on a given subject? 1931 H. Read Meaning of Art II. 114 A vision that was too mystical to be wholly communicable. 1962 K. Gallagher Philos. Gabriel Marcel i. 3 We do not grasp this as communicable information, but as a forefeeling. 1996 Church Times 21 June 17/1 They're unlikely to have the sort of qualities needed to bring back to earth a communicable vision of what they experience in space. c. Christian Church. Of a person: eligible to receive communion; that takes communion. Cf. communicate v. 7b, communicant n. 1b. Now historical and rare.Quot. 1845 indicates use of this sense in parochial records from 1661. ΚΠ 1686 N. Bisbie Bishop Visiting 25 [Communion] was seldom enough celebrated, and in some places (though a thousand communicable Persons were in them) not so much as once. 1788 J. Nichols Hist. & Antiq. Canonbury-house 12 Persons supposed to be qualified to receive the communion, such as might be styled communicable persons, rather than communicants. 1845 K. MacKenzie in New Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 134 In the year 1661, there were 559 ‘communicable’ persons in the parish of Kinneil, the greater part of whom resided in the town of Kinneil. 1900 A. R. MacEwen Erskines iii. 41 Dunfermline at the time of his ordination had 5000 ‘communicable persons’, and was already famed for its linen industry; but religiously it was all but dead. 1987 J. P. Boulton Neighbourhood & Society ii. 18 In 1622 forty-two households contained children of communicable age. d. Esp. of a disease: that can be transmitted directly or indirectly from one person or animal to another; infectious. ΚΠ 1699 tr. M. Ettmüller Etmullerus Abridg'd i. xv. v. 255 The original of Contagion, is an active Spirituous ferment, easily communicable to the Spirits,..capable to propagate it self by a fermentative motion.] 1713 W. Cockburn Symptoms Gonorrhoea i. 2 It is infectious, and communicable by either of the Sexes to the other. 1755 Monthly Rev. Feb. 134 The plague is not communicable but by the contact of, or approach to, a person apparently infected with it. 1836 Periscope Apr. in Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 24 498/2 The influenza has been supposed by some to be communicable, by infection, from one person to another. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 483 An animal poison..communicable from person to person. 1917 H. W. Conn Bacteria, Yeasts, & Molds in Home (rev. ed.) xvi. 244 Measles is only contagious in its early stages, and a week after the patient ‘breaks out’ is no longer communicable. 1990 Countryside Winter 75/2 Congestion in the Refuge contributes to the spread of brucellosis, an infectious disease, communicable to cattle and humans. 1994 W. Farrell Myth Male Power (rev. ed.) iv. 79 One out of every twenty-one fire fighters is exposed to communicable diseases. 4. Disposed or ready to communicate or converse; = communicative adj. 7a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > open to conversation > communicative communicablea1533 communicative1602 conversablea1684 conversationable1843 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. G.vj Communicable and conuersaunt with many. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Dd.vj Be great with the greattest, and communicable with your inferiours. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes ii. i. f. 80 v/2 Man..was a creature..sociable, communycable [Sp. communicable], and risyble. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd vii. 89 This retirednesse is no cure for your disease; you must be free and communicable. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 13 I would rather prove my self to be a Gentleman, by being learned and humble, valiant and inoffensive, vertuous, and communicable, then by a fond ostentation of riches. View more context for this quotation 1764 C. Denis & R.Lloyd tr. M. Marmontel Moral Tales M. Marmontel I. 225 Clarissa..was told that real philosophers were very scarce; that they were not the most communicable men in the world. 1798 W. Hutton Life App. 120 The favourite topics of the communicable old man. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xx. 285 Of a frank and communicable disposition. 1912 R. A. Freeman Myst. 31, New Inn ix. 160 A very communicable young gentleman..He seemed quite pleased to relieve the monotony of office work with a little conversation. 1949 H. Miller Sexus I. iii. 88 He looks like a superior type of man—not very communicable either. †5. Of a word or name: commonly or generally applicable to (also with). Obsolete.Esp. with reference to the names of God. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [adjective] > relating to other specific types of word long-tailedc1550 communicable1583 unanalogical1755 learned1869 parasynetic1885 monorrhemic1939 1583 W. Rainolds Refut. Sundry Reprehensions xii. 308 Other names of God are communicable with creatures, but the name Tetragrammaton is not so. 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 33 The name Iehouah is..not communicable to any angel either properly or representatiuely. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) London 191 The Engine. This general Word, communicable to all Machins or Instruments, use..hath confined to signifie that which is used to quench Scare-fires. 1717 T. Hind Divinity of Our Saviour Prov'd 18 For never can that Name [sc. Jehovah] be communicable to any Creature. 6. Suitable for communication; (esp. of language) that conveys information effectively or clearly. rare before 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > communication > [adjective] > communicating > suitable for communicable1589 communicative1664 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. x. 133 The vulgar instruction requiring also vulgar and communicable termes, not clerkly or vncouthe. 1643 True Informer 16 In some communicable language (either in French or Latin). 1784 J. Richardson Statical Estimates Materials Brewing i. iv. 64 An instrument which will..point out the value of the liquor produced from it, in explicit and communicable terms. 1877 B. Bose New Syst. Med. 7 Maintaining that we have a healthy organ of speech, and intelligible sounds and words, but are incapable of framing a clear and communicable language. 1938 S. Box in W. Kozlenko One-act Play Today 54 He [sc. the playwright] must speak a communicable language in a communicable idiom. 1965 20th Cent. Lit. 11 72/2 The Zulu spoke no conventionally communicable language. 1998 Guardian (Nexis) 23 July 18 Mahbub's skill for formulating policy in communicable terms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1398
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