designableadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈdɛsᵻɡnəbl/, U.S.

/ˈdɛzɪɡnəb(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin dēsignāre , -ble suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin dēsignāre (see design v.) + -ble suffix. Compare post-classical Latin designabilis that can be specified (13th cent. in British and continental sources).

Now rare.

That can be distinctly marked out or identified; distinguishable, discernible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > individual or distinct > able to be distinguished

well-distinguished1594

designable1629

differentiable1867

1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence i. 56 This magnitude could have no set point for its Center, but of every point designable in it, wee might avouch this is the Center as well as that.

1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 3 Matter..must have Motion in some or all its designable Parts.

1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 242 Book-Ware-Houses, furnish'd with such an Ideal, optable or designable Arianizing Library.

1766 A. Birks & J. Birks Arithm. Coll. & Improvem. 524 Then the square will be farther designable.

1824 R. Clark View of Office of Sheriff In Scotl. Introd. 2 Institutional writers and commentators, whose language is..frequently adopted, without the designable mark of quotation.

1875 Catholic World Nov. 250/2 An infinitesimal of time is infinitely less than any designable duration.

1936 Amer. Anthropologist 38 339 The great mass of the social system of the five tribes is..so similar as to be designable as one.

1998 N. L. Rosenblum Membership & Morals (2000) vii. 280 Categories like ‘extremist’, applied to both the left and the right, suggest a great distance from a designable center.

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

designableadj.²

Brit.

/dᵻˈzʌɪnəbl/, U.S.

/dəˈzaɪnəb(ə)l/

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

Etymology: < design v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier designable adj.¹

Capable of being designed, able to be designed.

ΚΠ

1879 G. L. Sci. of Taste vii. 236 Patterns [that] are designable by the ingenuity of man.

1917 Jrnl. Home Econ. 9 351 However economical the square plan,..rectangular and irregular forms are both more designable and more picturesque when built.

1963 W. M. Fox Managem. Process iii. xv. 407 Could these..activities be performed by machines that either exist or are potentially designable?

2003 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 11 July (Features section) 20 [In the era of Art Deco] virtually anything was designable,..from teapots to jukeboxes, from buttons to ocean liners.

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

单词	designable
释义	designableadj.¹ Brit. /ˈdɛsᵻɡnəbl/, U.S. /ˈdɛzɪɡnəb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin dēsignāre , -ble suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin dēsignāre (see design v.) + -ble suffix. Compare post-classical Latin designabilis that can be specified (13th cent. in British and continental sources). Now rare. That can be distinctly marked out or identified; distinguishable, discernible. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > individual or distinct > able to be distinguished well-distinguished1594 designable1629 differentiable1867 1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence i. 56 This magnitude could have no set point for its Center, but of every point designable in it, wee might avouch this is the Center as well as that. 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 3 Matter..must have Motion in some or all its designable Parts. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 242 Book-Ware-Houses, furnish'd with such an Ideal, optable or designable Arianizing Library. 1766 A. Birks & J. Birks Arithm. Coll. & Improvem. 524 Then the square will be farther designable. 1824 R. Clark View of Office of Sheriff In Scotl. Introd. 2 Institutional writers and commentators, whose language is..frequently adopted, without the designable mark of quotation. 1875 Catholic World Nov. 250/2 An infinitesimal of time is infinitely less than any designable duration. 1936 Amer. Anthropologist 38 339 The great mass of the social system of the five tribes is..so similar as to be designable as one. 1998 N. L. Rosenblum Membership & Morals (2000) vii. 280 Categories like ‘extremist’, applied to both the left and the right, suggest a great distance from a designable center. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). designableadj.² Brit. /dᵻˈzʌɪnəbl/, U.S. /dəˈzaɪnəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: design v., -able suffix. Etymology: < design v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier designable adj.¹ Capable of being designed, able to be designed. ΚΠ 1879 G. L. Sci. of Taste vii. 236 Patterns [that] are designable by the ingenuity of man. 1917 Jrnl. Home Econ. 9 351 However economical the square plan,..rectangular and irregular forms are both more designable and more picturesque when built. 1963 W. M. Fox Managem. Process iii. xv. 407 Could these..activities be performed by machines that either exist or are potentially designable? 2003 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 11 July (Features section) 20 [In the era of Art Deco] virtually anything was designable,..from teapots to jukeboxes, from buttons to ocean liners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹1629adj.²1879
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