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单词 followable
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followableadj.

Brit. /ˈfɒləʊəbl/, U.S. /ˈfɑloʊəb(ə)l/
Forms: see follow v. and -able suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: follow v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < follow v. + -able suffix.Compare the following isolated earlier example in a gloss, apparently with the sense ‘imitative’:a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 33v Imatatorius, folewable.
That may or can be followed (in various senses).
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] > imitated > that may be imitated
followable1548
imitable1598
copiable1755
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Lii We ought to..embrace hys doyinges, as followable and beleveable.
1830 N. S. Wheaton Jrnl. Resid. in London xix. 199 A mistake which is followable by instant degradation.
1888 Dublin Rev. Jan. 219 The Church has..declared..his system of morals..to be void of error, and followable as a sure guide by any priest.
1905 Philadelphia Inquirer 7 Feb. 6/2 The utter absence of a followable plot is lost sight of in the continuous fun.
2010 R. Turnbull Not West Highland Way 31/1 The Etive path exists just enough to be followable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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