deceivableadj.

/dɪˈsiːvəb(ə)l/

Forms: Forms (about 40 variants): α. with de-Middle English–, β. with des-Middle English, γ. with dis-Middle English–1500s; variations of the stem as in deceive v.

Etymology: < Old French decevable, < stem of décevoir to deceive v. + -able suffix.

†1. actively. Having the quality or habit of deceiving; deceitful, deceptive. Obsolete (or archaic).Obsolete since c1688; except as used after the biblical deceivableness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] > deceptive, misleading

swikelc1000

fellc1300

deceivable1303

falselya1350

blind1393

deceivant1393

fallacec1400

sinister1411

deceivousa1425

deceitful1483

fallacious1509

deceiving?a1513

falsesome1533

sophistical1558

misconceited1595

deceptive1611

abusable1660

self-deceptive1810

flambuginous1813

false1842

funny1903

mamaguy1973

braidie-

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 471 So ben dremys deseyuable.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xiv. 17 The desseyuable man is hateful.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxx. 135 A fantom and a dessayuable thing to þe sight.

1428 Surtees Misc. (1890) 4 John Lyllyng had salde mykell swylk deceyvable tyn to bellemakers.

1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 6 Deceivable and untrewe Beames and scales.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 93 I seik aboute this warld onstable To find..it is dissavable.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Pet. i. 16 We folowed not deceaueable fables.

1559 J. Knox Declar. to Queen Elizabeth 20 July in E. Arber First Blast (1880) App. 59 Yf I should flatter your grace I were no freind [sic], but a deceavabill trater.

1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 55 Deceivable speech.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 305 A wicked deceivable person, who indeavouring to chate others, chats himself.

1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxxiii. 376 We may have proved them false and deceivable a thousand times, and yet they are still able to attract and to allure.

2. passively. Capable of being, or liable to be, deceived; fallible. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] > liable to be deceived

falliblec1425

deceivable1646

deceptible1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. i Man was not only deceiveable in his integrity, but the Angels of light in all their clarity.

1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man iv. §4. 101 As deceivable, and easie to be deluded.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 559 To deal with him, as if he were such a deceivable Creature as our selves.

1841–4 R. W. Emerson Polit. in Wks. (1906) I. 239 With such an ignorant and deceivable majority.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	deceivable
释义	deceivableadj. /dɪˈsiːvəb(ə)l/ Forms: Forms (about 40 variants): α. with de-Middle English–, β. with des-Middle English, γ. with dis-Middle English–1500s; variations of the stem as in deceive v. Etymology: < Old French decevable, < stem of décevoir to deceive v. + -able suffix. †1. actively. Having the quality or habit of deceiving; deceitful, deceptive. Obsolete (or archaic).Obsolete since c1688; except as used after the biblical deceivableness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] > deceptive, misleading swikelc1000 fellc1300 deceivable1303 falselya1350 blind1393 deceivant1393 fallacec1400 sinister1411 deceivousa1425 deceitful1483 fallacious1509 deceiving?a1513 falsesome1533 sophistical1558 misconceited1595 deceptive1611 abusable1660 self-deceptive1810 flambuginous1813 false1842 funny1903 mamaguy1973 braidie- 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 471 So ben dremys deseyuable. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xiv. 17 The desseyuable man is hateful. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxx. 135 A fantom and a dessayuable thing to þe sight. 1428 Surtees Misc. (1890) 4 John Lyllyng had salde mykell swylk deceyvable tyn to bellemakers. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 6 Deceivable and untrewe Beames and scales. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 93 I seik aboute this warld onstable To find..it is dissavable. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Pet. i. 16 We folowed not deceaueable fables. 1559 J. Knox Declar. to Queen Elizabeth 20 July in E. Arber First Blast (1880) App. 59 Yf I should flatter your grace I were no freind [sic], but a deceavabill trater. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 55 Deceivable speech. View more context for this quotation 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 305 A wicked deceivable person, who indeavouring to chate others, chats himself. 1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxxiii. 376 We may have proved them false and deceivable a thousand times, and yet they are still able to attract and to allure. 2. passively. Capable of being, or liable to be, deceived; fallible. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] > liable to be deceived falliblec1425 deceivable1646 deceptible1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. i Man was not only deceiveable in his integrity, but the Angels of light in all their clarity. View more context for this quotation 1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man iv. §4. 101 As deceivable, and easie to be deluded. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 559 To deal with him, as if he were such a deceivable Creature as our selves. 1841–4 R. W. Emerson Polit. in Wks. (1906) I. 239 With such an ignorant and deceivable majority. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1303
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