debatableadj.n.

/dɪˈbeɪtəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s debateable.

Etymology: < Old French debatable (Cotgrave), debattable, < debat(t)-re + -able suffix: medieval (Anglo-)Latin debatabilis.

A. adj.

1. Admitting of debate or controversy; subject to dispute; questionable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective]

openlOE

doubtousc1330

uncertain1338

doubtyc1380

brigousa1387

doubtablec1400

doubtfula1425

questionable1443

batable1453

strivablec1456

inquirable1485

litigious1520

doubtsomea1522

disputable1548

dubious1548

doubted?1551

moot1563

problematical1567

discussiblea1578

debatable1581

controversial1583

disputativea1586

debateful1587

decidable1596

controversible1601

controvertible1601

controversal1604

controversable1607

problematic1609

controversary1610

left-handed1610

disputed1611

dubitable1625

quarrellable1642

catchinga1670

non liquet1678

brigose1679

contestable1702

equivocala1797

controversional1807

contradictable1856

discutable1868

hinky1961

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions iii. 11 The difference of opinion is no proufe at all, that the matter is debatable.

1685 London Gaz. No. 2031/2 A Committee for considering the debateable Elections.

1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited vii. 201 Observations on certain debateable points.

1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. i. 177 Doctrines, which degraded accepted truths into debatable opinions.

a. esp. Said of land or territory, e.g. on the border of two countries and claimed by both: applied to lands on the borders of England and Scotland, esp. a tract between the Esk and Sark, claimed (before the Union) by both countries, and the scene of frequent contests.

ΚΠ

1453 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) XI. 337 The Batable Landes in the Westmarch.]

1492 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1711) XII. 467/2 Terras debatabiles ibidem adjacentes.

1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII xvi The batable grounde betwene England and Scotland.]

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. iv. xxi. f. 53^v/1 Gret contentioun betuix the Scottis and Pichtis for certane debaitabyll landis that lay betwix thair realmes.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) viii. 58 Neutral men, lyik to the ridars that duellis on the debatabil landis.

1604 (title) A Booke of the survaie of the debatable and border lands.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 11 Quhither the defender hes any other land in the towne, quhere the debaitable land lyes, or nocht.

1777 J. Nicolson & R. Burn Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland I. p. lxxii The Debateable Land..became a further bone of contention between the two snarling parties.

1806 H. K. White Let. 18 Aug. in Remains (1807) I. 245 The debateable ground of the Peloponnesians.

1820 W. Scott Abbot I. ii. 43 The Græmes who then inhabited the Debateable Land.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. 129 Guarding a debatable frontier.

b. figurative. Of regions of thought, etc.

ΚΠ

1814 T. Chalmers Evid. Christian Revel. i. 31 Christianity is now looked upon as debateable ground.

1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iv. 160 The..debateable lands of the separate linguistic kingdoms.

†B. n.

The Debatable Land (on the border of England and Scotland: see A. 2 above); also plural the residents on this land (sometimes debatablers).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > [noun] > border country

threap-land1259

marchc1300

the Border1535

debatable1551

debatable land1587

threap-ground1825

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > native or inhabitant of borders > [noun]

borderera1513

debatable1551

1551 King Edward VI Lit. Remains (Roxb.) II. 389 The lord Maxwell did upon malice to the English debatables overrun them.

1551 King Edward VI Lit. Remains (Roxb.) II. 390 Then shal the Scottis wast their debatablers, and we ours.

1551 King Edward VI Lit. Remains (Roxb.) II. 407 The commissionars for the Debatable.

1568 in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) App. 15 The contraversy yerely arising by occasion of certain grounds upon the frontiers in the East Marches, commonly called the ‘Threap-land’, or ‘Debatable’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	debatable
释义	debatableadj.n. /dɪˈbeɪtəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1600s–1800s debateable. Etymology: < Old French debatable (Cotgrave), debattable, < debat(t)-re + -able suffix: medieval (Anglo-)Latin debatabilis. A. adj. 1. Admitting of debate or controversy; subject to dispute; questionable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] openlOE doubtousc1330 uncertain1338 doubtyc1380 brigousa1387 doubtablec1400 doubtfula1425 questionable1443 batable1453 strivablec1456 inquirable1485 litigious1520 doubtsomea1522 disputable1548 dubious1548 doubted?1551 moot1563 problematical1567 discussiblea1578 debatable1581 controversial1583 disputativea1586 debateful1587 decidable1596 controversible1601 controvertible1601 controversal1604 controversable1607 problematic1609 controversary1610 left-handed1610 disputed1611 dubitable1625 quarrellable1642 catchinga1670 non liquet1678 brigose1679 contestable1702 equivocala1797 controversional1807 contradictable1856 discutable1868 hinky1961 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions iii. 11 The difference of opinion is no proufe at all, that the matter is debatable. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2031/2 A Committee for considering the debateable Elections. 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited vii. 201 Observations on certain debateable points. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. i. 177 Doctrines, which degraded accepted truths into debatable opinions. 2. a. esp. Said of land or territory, e.g. on the border of two countries and claimed by both: applied to lands on the borders of England and Scotland, esp. a tract between the Esk and Sark, claimed (before the Union) by both countries, and the scene of frequent contests. ΚΠ 1453 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) XI. 337 The Batable Landes in the Westmarch.] 1492 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1711) XII. 467/2 Terras debatabiles ibidem adjacentes. 1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII xvi The batable grounde betwene England and Scotland.] c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. iv. xxi. f. 53^v/1 Gret contentioun betuix the Scottis and Pichtis for certane debaitabyll landis that lay betwix thair realmes. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) viii. 58 Neutral men, lyik to the ridars that duellis on the debatabil landis. 1604 (title) A Booke of the survaie of the debatable and border lands. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 11 Quhither the defender hes any other land in the towne, quhere the debaitable land lyes, or nocht. 1777 J. Nicolson & R. Burn Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland I. p. lxxii The Debateable Land..became a further bone of contention between the two snarling parties. 1806 H. K. White Let. 18 Aug. in Remains (1807) I. 245 The debateable ground of the Peloponnesians. 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. ii. 43 The Græmes who then inhabited the Debateable Land. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. 129 Guarding a debatable frontier. b. figurative. Of regions of thought, etc. ΚΠ 1814 T. Chalmers Evid. Christian Revel. i. 31 Christianity is now looked upon as debateable ground. 1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iv. 160 The..debateable lands of the separate linguistic kingdoms. †B. n. The Debatable Land (on the border of England and Scotland: see A. 2 above); also plural the residents on this land (sometimes debatablers). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > [noun] > border country threap-land1259 marchc1300 the Border1535 debatable1551 debatable land1587 threap-ground1825 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > native or inhabitant of borders > [noun] borderera1513 debatable1551 1551 King Edward VI Lit. Remains (Roxb.) II. 389 The lord Maxwell did upon malice to the English debatables overrun them. 1551 King Edward VI Lit. Remains (Roxb.) II. 390 Then shal the Scottis wast their debatablers, and we ours. 1551 King Edward VI Lit. Remains (Roxb.) II. 407 The commissionars for the Debatable. 1568 in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) App. 15 The contraversy yerely arising by occasion of certain grounds upon the frontiers in the East Marches, commonly called the ‘Threap-land’, or ‘Debatable’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1492
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