datableadj.

Brit.

/ˈdeɪtəbl/, U.S.

/ˈdeɪdəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1800s– datable, 1800s– dateable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: date v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < date v. + -able suffix.

1. Capable of being dated (to a particular time).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [adjective] > assigned to a date > capable of being dated

datable1837

1837 Fraser's Mag. 16 401 Dateable contemporary inscriptions.

1884 Athenæum 19 Jan. 94/1 The oldest datable Reynolds in the gallery.

1920 F. Oswald & T. D. Pryce Introd. Stud. Terra Sigillata i. 1 Next to datable inscriptions, there is..no relic of Roman occupation which yields such valuable chronological evidence as Terra Sigillata.

2000 Isis 91 457 The editio princeps of the double poem is undated but seems to be datable to 1507.

2. Originally U.S. colloquial. Eligible or suitable for dating (cf. date v. 10c); spec. designating a person considered to be romantically or sexually desirable.

ΚΠ

1933 Pella (Iowa) Chron. 12 Oct. 3/2 Joe, who makes his home with his parents, is the only one who has not been bitten by the matrimonial bug. And he is of the ‘dateable’ age, girls.

1941 Anniston (Alabama) Star 12 May 5/5 (caption) ‘Tomorrow's most datable’ girl.

1961 B. H. Deal It's Always Three O'Clock i. i. 37 He had dated every girl of datable age in Bellefonte, and some who weren't of datable age.

1996 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 24 Nov. (Spectrum section) 7 The list in question is the 200 most dateable individuals in London society, as chosen by wannabe bible, Tatler magazine.

2010 A. Selzer I kissed Zombie & I liked It 38 ‘There's not much of a pool of datable guys in this town.’ ‘Or datable girls,’ he breathes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	datable
释义	datableadj. Brit. /ˈdeɪtəbl/, U.S. /ˈdeɪdəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1800s– datable, 1800s– dateable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: date v., -able suffix. Etymology: < date v. + -able suffix. 1. Capable of being dated (to a particular time). ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [adjective] > assigned to a date > capable of being dated datable1837 1837 Fraser's Mag. 16 401 Dateable contemporary inscriptions. 1884 Athenæum 19 Jan. 94/1 The oldest datable Reynolds in the gallery. 1920 F. Oswald & T. D. Pryce Introd. Stud. Terra Sigillata i. 1 Next to datable inscriptions, there is..no relic of Roman occupation which yields such valuable chronological evidence as Terra Sigillata. 2000 Isis 91 457 The editio princeps of the double poem is undated but seems to be datable to 1507. 2. Originally U.S. colloquial. Eligible or suitable for dating (cf. date v. 10c); spec. designating a person considered to be romantically or sexually desirable. ΚΠ 1933 Pella (Iowa) Chron. 12 Oct. 3/2 Joe, who makes his home with his parents, is the only one who has not been bitten by the matrimonial bug. And he is of the ‘dateable’ age, girls. 1941 Anniston (Alabama) Star 12 May 5/5 (caption) ‘Tomorrow's most datable’ girl. 1961 B. H. Deal It's Always Three O'Clock i. i. 37 He had dated every girl of datable age in Bellefonte, and some who weren't of datable age. 1996 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 24 Nov. (Spectrum section) 7 The list in question is the 200 most dateable individuals in London society, as chosen by wannabe bible, Tatler magazine. 2010 A. Selzer I kissed Zombie & I liked It 38 ‘There's not much of a pool of datable guys in this town.’ ‘Or datable girls,’ he breathes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1837
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