arabilityn.

Brit.

/ˌarəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌɛrəˈbɪlᵻdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: arable adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < arable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix.

The quality of being usable as arable land.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > broken land > arable or ploughed land > capability of being ploughed

arability1830

1830 G. C. Mundy Pen & Pencil Sketches (1832) II. vi. 368 About eight hundred or one thousand acres of land..are capable of arability; at least so say the sanguine settlers [of Ascension Island].

1879 Athenæum 28 June 817/2 The term [sc. hide] being..variable according to the arability..of the land.

1963 Spectator 22 Feb. 224 The arability of its [sc. Venezuela's] llanos.

2007 Environmental Hist. 12 968 With the relationship between arability and treelessness recast, the vast ocean of prairie..was no longer viewed as an extension of the Great American Desert.

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

单词	arability
释义	arabilityn. Brit. /ˌarəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɛrəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: arable adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < arable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. The quality of being usable as arable land. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > broken land > arable or ploughed land > capability of being ploughed arability1830 1830 G. C. Mundy Pen & Pencil Sketches (1832) II. vi. 368 About eight hundred or one thousand acres of land..are capable of arability; at least so say the sanguine settlers [of Ascension Island]. 1879 Athenæum 28 June 817/2 The term [sc. hide] being..variable according to the arability..of the land. 1963 Spectator 22 Feb. 224 The arability of its [sc. Venezuela's] llanos. 2007 Environmental Hist. 12 968 With the relationship between arability and treelessness recast, the vast ocean of prairie..was no longer viewed as an extension of the Great American Desert. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1830
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