† discovenableadj.

Forms: late Middle English discouable (transmission error), late Middle English discouenable, late Middle English discovenable, late Middle English dyscouenable.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French descovenable.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman descovenable, Middle French descouvenable unsuitable, unfit, inappropriate, (in legal use) unlawful, improper (end of the 13th cent. or earlier in Old French; compare Old French, Middle French desconvenable , 13th cent.) < des- dis- prefix + covenable covenable adj. Compare Old Occitan desconvenable . Compare earlier disconvenient adj.

Obsolete.

Unsuitable, unfitting, inappropriate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]

unkinOE

un-i-feieOE

unbecomelyc1200

amissc1325

wrongousa1350

uncovenablec1374

unsitting1390

undue1398

ungainanda1400

unquemea1400

inconvenientc1400

unlikelyc1405

disconvenienta1425

impertinenta1425

discovenablec1436

unmeetc1440

wrongc1440

unjustc1443

unbehovablec1450

inconvenientc1460

uncordial1488

unmeetly1534

unapt1539

unfit1548

incommodious1553

ungreeing1560

impertinent1565

stravagant1565

unproper1566

improper1570

unhovable1570

unapt1579

unbeseeming1583

unsuitablea1586

unappliable1588

unapt1588

unlikely1590

unfittinga1592

unfitted1592

unsuiting1596

unbefitting1598

unsorted1598

unsuited1598

contrary1600

impair1609

unfitty1613

incompetible1621

incongruous1623

infita1626

uncompetiblea1628

inaccommodatea1657

inapplicable1656

inconcinnate1657

inconcinnous1662

inept1675

unaccommodatea1676

incommode1678

indecorous1681

untoward1682

unapplicable1690

insuitable1692

unsuit1704

malapropos1709

inapt1744

out of place1748

uncongenial1788

unfit-like1796

ungain-like1796

inappropriate1804

unadapted1805

dissuitable1807

dissuited1819

ineligible1828

infelicitous1835

unapropos1840

butt-ended1850

malappropriate1851

ungenial1871

misappropriate1878

unbecoming1893

unappropriate1898

unadjusted1899

offside1910

off-key1943

improbable1958

c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 147 (MED) Vitayles corrupt and discovenable [Fr. descovenable] to mannys body.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 70 The peple of rome..nothinge shamfast to demande thinges discouenable.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) ii. 22 A discouenable thyng it shold be that a man that wold lerne to sewe shold lerne to sewe of a carpenter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	discovenable
释义	† discovenableadj. Forms: late Middle English discouable (transmission error), late Middle English discouenable, late Middle English discovenable, late Middle English dyscouenable. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French descovenable. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman descovenable, Middle French descouvenable unsuitable, unfit, inappropriate, (in legal use) unlawful, improper (end of the 13th cent. or earlier in Old French; compare Old French, Middle French desconvenable , 13th cent.) < des- dis- prefix + covenable covenable adj. Compare Old Occitan desconvenable . Compare earlier disconvenient adj. Obsolete. Unsuitable, unfitting, inappropriate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] unkinOE un-i-feieOE unbecomelyc1200 amissc1325 wrongousa1350 uncovenablec1374 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 unquemea1400 inconvenientc1400 unlikelyc1405 disconvenienta1425 impertinenta1425 discovenablec1436 unmeetc1440 wrongc1440 unjustc1443 unbehovablec1450 inconvenientc1460 uncordial1488 unmeetly1534 unapt1539 unfit1548 incommodious1553 ungreeing1560 impertinent1565 stravagant1565 unproper1566 improper1570 unhovable1570 unapt1579 unbeseeming1583 unsuitablea1586 unappliable1588 unapt1588 unlikely1590 unfittinga1592 unfitted1592 unsuiting1596 unbefitting1598 unsorted1598 unsuited1598 contrary1600 impair1609 unfitty1613 incompetible1621 incongruous1623 infita1626 uncompetiblea1628 inaccommodatea1657 inapplicable1656 inconcinnate1657 inconcinnous1662 inept1675 unaccommodatea1676 incommode1678 indecorous1681 untoward1682 unapplicable1690 insuitable1692 unsuit1704 malapropos1709 inapt1744 out of place1748 uncongenial1788 unfit-like1796 ungain-like1796 inappropriate1804 unadapted1805 dissuitable1807 dissuited1819 ineligible1828 infelicitous1835 unapropos1840 butt-ended1850 malappropriate1851 ungenial1871 misappropriate1878 unbecoming1893 unappropriate1898 unadjusted1899 offside1910 off-key1943 improbable1958 c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 147 (MED) Vitayles corrupt and discovenable [Fr. descovenable] to mannys body. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 70 The peple of rome..nothinge shamfast to demande thinges discouenable. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) ii. 22 A discouenable thyng it shold be that a man that wold lerne to sewe shold lerne to sewe of a carpenter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c1436
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