disponibleadj.n.
/dᵻˈspəʊnɪb(ə)l//diːspɒˈniːbl(ə)/ Capable of being disponed or assigned. Also absol. as n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > put to specific use > able to be
ordinable1532
deputable1623
convertible1818
disponible1899
1899 G. Meredith Let. 31 May (1970) III. 1328 You are more disponible and should decide to come to your friend.
1908 H. James Novels & Tales III. p. vii He [sc. Turgenev] saw them, in that fashion, as disponibles, saw them subject to the chances, the complications of existence.
1908 H. James Novels & Tales V. p. xviii That extremely disponible figure of Christina Light whom I had ten years before found left on my hands at the conclusion of ‘Roderick Hudson’.
1912 J. Conrad 'Twixt Land & Sea (1914) i. 11 He gave me the names of all the disponible ships with their tonnage and the names of their commanders.
1961 R. C. Knight tr. A. Bonnard Greek Civilization III. i. 17 Euripides is open to every interest of mankind... [He] is always disponible... He does not know how to forget his feelings and efface their expression, when any situation touches him too deeply.
1965 Punch 24 Mar. 447/3 One's picture of the higher civil servant—adroit, informed, disponible, never in the way or out of it.
Derivatives
disponiˈbility n. capability of being disponed; condition of being at one's disposal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > usableness > availability
availability1803
disposability1830
availableness1837
disponibility1862
disposableness1880
1862 Times 6 Feb. 8/2 We are glad to have a Government in disponibility as well as one actually at work.
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adj.n.1862