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单词 elidable
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elidableadj.

Brit. /ᵻˈlʌɪdəbl/, U.S. /əˈlaɪdəb(ə)l/, /iˈlaɪdəb(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: elide v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < elide v. + -able suffix. Compare later elidible adj.
1. Scots Law. That may be annulled, invalidated, or rebutted. Cf. elide v. 3. Obsolete.
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > legally invalid or faulty > annulled or abrogated > able to be
voidable1485
repealable1570
reversable1581
countermandablea1626
reducible1656
annullable1675
avoidablea1677
elidable1687
quashable1705
nullablea1718
1687 J. Dalrymple Decisions Lords of Council & Session II. 871 [These] are matters of Fact, requiring Probation, which are improper for an Inqueist, and elidable, by a reply of Payment.
1741 Ld. Kames Decisions Court of Session 1 522 His declarator..was found not elidable by an alledgeance.
1765 Answers for J. Maxwell to Petition of C. Maxwell 9 He allows the presumption of law, but holds it to be elidable by contrary proof.
1811 Decisions Court of Session 37 17032 A writ though defective upon the act..has an effect in law as being sufficient to found a process; it is elidable indeed by exception.
2. Of a sound, syllable, etc.: that may be elided or omitted. Cf. elidible adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhythm > [adjective] > elision
elidable1823
elisional1866
elisionable1877
elidible1878
1823 R. Roe Princ. Rhythm iii. 57 Milton has shown the most exquisite judgment in his intermixture of these elidable and unelidable trissyllabics.
1850 Classical Museum 7 298 Were it not for the interventions above alluded to, all the vowels would be equally elidable.
1929 Philol. Q. 8 45 There is a large number of words in Latin ending in an elidable element.
1971 Ling. Inq. 2 177 The initial h of has is optionally elidable in the following example.
2008 B. W. Fortson Lang. & Rhythm in Plautus ii. 21 Sometimes elidable syllables did not undergo elision.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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