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单词 costable
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costableadj.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French costable.
Etymology: < Middle French costable, coustable that involves sacrifice (first half of the 14th cent.), expensive, sumptuous, opulent (second half of the 14th cent.) < coster , couster cost v. + -able -able suffix. Compare earlier costious adj., costlew adj., costly adj.
Obsolete.
Costly, expensive.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adjective] > involving great or excessive expenditure
dear1044
chargeous138.
wastyc1380
dear-boughtc1384
costlewa1387
costlya1425
costy?c1430
costfulc1450
costablea1475
chargeable1480
sumptuous1485
chargeful1529
deep1608
tributary1632
burdenablec1650
expensivea1661
consumptive1753
capital-intensive1907
a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 170 Capon, Bakemete, or Custade Costable.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxv. sig. hh.ii That ye faste be not to moche costable to bere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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