alterabilityn.

Brit.

/ˌɔːlt(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻti/,

/ɒlt(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌɔlt(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻdi/,

/ˌɑlt(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alterable adj., -ility suffix.

Etymology: < alterable adj. + -ility suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare earlier alterableness n.

Ability to be altered; changeability.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun]

unstablenessc1340

varyingc1380

uncertaintyc1384

brotelnessc1386

were1390

instabilityc1422

bricklenessa1425

changeability?a1425

changeableness1447

vertibility1447

mutability?a1475

variableness?a1475

inconstance1509

mutationa1542

fickleness1548

variety1548

unconstancy1563

mobility1567

unstability1572

vicissitude1576

variousness1607

inconstancy1613

slipperinessa1618

alterableness1633

versatilousness1640

bottomlessness1642

lability1651

brittlety1652

versatileness1654

fluctuancy1659

fugitivenessa1661

alterability1661

permutability1662

unfixedness1668

mutablenessa1677

flittingnessa1680

frailness1687

flittiness1692

versability1721

plasticity1727

variability1771

unestablishment1776

fluctuabilitya1786

changefulness1791

unsettledness1799

versatility1802

harlequinism1808

fluidity1824

fitfulness1825

sensitiveness1825

insubstantiality1848

contingency1858

rootlessness1859

shiftingness1866

ficklety1888

variancy1888

impredicability1906

proteanism1909

1661 T. Salusbury Math. Coll. & Transl. I. Table at Generability Generability and Alterability are greater perfections in Mundane Bodies, then the Contrary Qualities.

1717 Four Dialogues between Eubulus & Phygellus ii. 54 The alterability of Created Beings.

1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 206 Proof of the real alterability of gold.

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 164 The difference..is, on the whole, chiefly in this point of alterability.

1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 192 Neither to Brahma, nor to any part of him, has there ever attached..the least ignorance or alterability.

1936 Analysis 3 69 It is logically inadmissible..to establish such rules for an empirical statement that its alterability becomes impossible.

1999 Race & Class (Nexis) 1 July 35 The alterability of the existing human condition.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	alterability
释义	alterabilityn. Brit. /ˌɔːlt(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻti/, /ɒlt(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɔlt(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻdi/, /ˌɑlt(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alterable adj., -ility suffix. Etymology: < alterable adj. + -ility suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare earlier alterableness n. Ability to be altered; changeability. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun] unstablenessc1340 varyingc1380 uncertaintyc1384 brotelnessc1386 were1390 instabilityc1422 bricklenessa1425 changeability?a1425 changeableness1447 vertibility1447 mutability?a1475 variableness?a1475 inconstance1509 mutationa1542 fickleness1548 variety1548 unconstancy1563 mobility1567 unstability1572 vicissitude1576 variousness1607 inconstancy1613 slipperinessa1618 alterableness1633 versatilousness1640 bottomlessness1642 lability1651 brittlety1652 versatileness1654 fluctuancy1659 fugitivenessa1661 alterability1661 permutability1662 unfixedness1668 mutablenessa1677 flittingnessa1680 frailness1687 flittiness1692 versability1721 plasticity1727 variability1771 unestablishment1776 fluctuabilitya1786 changefulness1791 unsettledness1799 versatility1802 harlequinism1808 fluidity1824 fitfulness1825 sensitiveness1825 insubstantiality1848 contingency1858 rootlessness1859 shiftingness1866 ficklety1888 variancy1888 impredicability1906 proteanism1909 1661 T. Salusbury Math. Coll. & Transl. I. Table at Generability Generability and Alterability are greater perfections in Mundane Bodies, then the Contrary Qualities. 1717 Four Dialogues between Eubulus & Phygellus ii. 54 The alterability of Created Beings. 1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 206 Proof of the real alterability of gold. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 164 The difference..is, on the whole, chiefly in this point of alterability. 1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 192 Neither to Brahma, nor to any part of him, has there ever attached..the least ignorance or alterability. 1936 Analysis 3 69 It is logically inadmissible..to establish such rules for an empirical statement that its alterability becomes impossible. 1999 Race & Class (Nexis) 1 July 35 The alterability of the existing human condition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1661
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