formableadj.

/ˈfɔːməb(ə)l/

Etymology: < form v.¹ + -able suffix.

1. That may be formed. In early use: Workable, plastic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > [adjective] > able to be shaped

formable1495

workable1545

fashionable1607

plastic1791

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. xxiv. sig. Oiij/2 This forsayde cypresse tree hath vertue moche nexte vnto the Cedre tree. And is fourmable and necessari to edifienge and buyldynge of toures and temples.

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 95^v The Cypres next vnto y^e Cedar tree is most formable.

1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. F4 God blesse me from suffring you to loue me, if you be not so formable.

1618 T. Adams Happines of Church i. 357 The Papists..not shaming to call that sacred Writ a nose of waxe, formable to any construction.

1682 N. Grew Of Mixture iv. i. iii. §1 in Anat. Plants 225 Not generable, formable, or transformable.

1884 J. Fiske Evolutionist xii. 312 A good many of his nervous connections are not yet formed, they are only formable.

†2. Exhibiting agreement with prescribed forms; formal, proper, shapely. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adjective] > conforming to a standard rule > conforming to prescribed forms

formable1479

formal1547

formed1702

1479 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 614 Lomnore and I..drew ought a formable bylle ought of your, and sent it a-yen to th'exchetore.

1483 Cath. Angl. 138/1 Formabylle; ubi ordinate.

1586 W. Webbe tr. Horace in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. K.iii That whatsoeuer he wryteth he may so expresse & order it, that hys narration may be formable.

1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre ii. v. 58 One of the first which gaue light to our late Postures, and formable motions.

Derivatives

formaˈbility n. capability of formation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > [noun] > capability of formation

figurability1730

formabilitya1839

a1839 S. T. Coleridge & J. Gillman Hints towards Theory of Life (1848) 55 Of infinite capacity and formability.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	formable
释义	formableadj. /ˈfɔːməb(ə)l/ Etymology: < form v.¹ + -able suffix. 1. That may be formed. In early use: Workable, plastic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [adjective] > able to be shaped formable1495 workable1545 fashionable1607 plastic1791 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. xxiv. sig. Oiij/2 This forsayde cypresse tree hath vertue moche nexte vnto the Cedre tree. And is fourmable and necessari to edifienge and buyldynge of toures and temples. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 95^v The Cypres next vnto y^e Cedar tree is most formable. 1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. F4 God blesse me from suffring you to loue me, if you be not so formable. 1618 T. Adams Happines of Church i. 357 The Papists..not shaming to call that sacred Writ a nose of waxe, formable to any construction. 1682 N. Grew Of Mixture iv. i. iii. §1 in Anat. Plants 225 Not generable, formable, or transformable. 1884 J. Fiske Evolutionist xii. 312 A good many of his nervous connections are not yet formed, they are only formable. †2. Exhibiting agreement with prescribed forms; formal, proper, shapely. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adjective] > conforming to a standard rule > conforming to prescribed forms formable1479 formal1547 formed1702 1479 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 614 Lomnore and I..drew ought a formable bylle ought of your, and sent it a-yen to th'exchetore. 1483 Cath. Angl. 138/1 Formabylle; ubi ordinate. 1586 W. Webbe tr. Horace in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. K.iii That whatsoeuer he wryteth he may so expresse & order it, that hys narration may be formable. 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre ii. v. 58 One of the first which gaue light to our late Postures, and formable motions. Derivatives formaˈbility n. capability of formation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] > capability of formation figurability1730 formabilitya1839 a1839 S. T. Coleridge & J. Gillman Hints towards Theory of Life (1848) 55 Of infinite capacity and formability. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1479
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