habilityn.

/həˈbɪlɪti/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s -te, 1500s–1600s -tie.

Etymology: An early form of ability n., after Old French habileté; in this, the h was rarely preserved after 1650; but in the 19th cent. it has sometimes been restored in sense 2, which goes with habile and modern French habileté.

†1. Early spelling of ability n. Obsolete.

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?a1439 J. Lydgate tr. Fall of Princes (Bodl.) iii. l. 1252 Catoun..Ther wittis peised and ther habilitees.

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiiij^v Skillfull hability, also, for any occasion, or purpose.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §6. 181 The habilitie and capacitie of the matter.

1678 A. Marvell Def. John Howe in Wks. (1875) IV. 187 A faculty conserved..includes no such hability and present promptitude in itself to action.

1723 State Russia II. 77 All their Hability consists in crying out with a loud Voice to the Idols.

2. The quality of being habile; deftness; readiness; easy familiarity. [After modern French habileté.] rare.

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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > expertise or proficiency

craftOE

perfectionc1475

accomplement?c1525

proficiency1597

handiness1601

profection1605

expertnessa1616

provection1652

prowessa1668

proficience1713

adeptness1731

hability1840

expertise1868

expertship1880

expertism1886

wizardry1951

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or adroitness

subtletyc1300

sleightc1385

subtiltyc1405

subtilityc1415

facility1532

handsomeness1550

address?1577

neatnessa1627

adroitness1683

hability1840

deftness1853

niftiness1878

slickness1895

eptitude1967

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [noun]

enqueyntance1297

knowledgec1384

homeliness1402

acquaintancec1540

familiarity1574

habit1586

discourse1603

frequence1603

familiarness1612

conversationa1626

conversea1652

acquaintedness1661

intimacy1714

inquaintancea1834

hability1840

1840 Fraser's Mag. 22 64 An hability of conduct which properly constitutes genius in war.

1889 J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Method 73 Hability in or familiarity with a given style or form affects our appreciation of it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	hability
释义	habilityn. /həˈbɪlɪti/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s -te, 1500s–1600s -tie. Etymology: An early form of ability n., after Old French habileté; in this, the h was rarely preserved after 1650; but in the 19th cent. it has sometimes been restored in sense 2, which goes with habile and modern French habileté. †1. Early spelling of ability n. Obsolete. ΚΠ ?a1439 J. Lydgate tr. Fall of Princes (Bodl.) iii. l. 1252 Catoun..Ther wittis peised and ther habilitees. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiiij^v Skillfull hability, also, for any occasion, or purpose. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §6. 181 The habilitie and capacitie of the matter. 1678 A. Marvell Def. John Howe in Wks. (1875) IV. 187 A faculty conserved..includes no such hability and present promptitude in itself to action. 1723 State Russia II. 77 All their Hability consists in crying out with a loud Voice to the Idols. 2. The quality of being habile; deftness; readiness; easy familiarity. [After modern French habileté.] rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > expertise or proficiency craftOE perfectionc1475 accomplement?c1525 proficiency1597 handiness1601 profection1605 expertnessa1616 provection1652 prowessa1668 proficience1713 adeptness1731 hability1840 expertise1868 expertship1880 expertism1886 wizardry1951 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or adroitness subtletyc1300 sleightc1385 subtiltyc1405 subtilityc1415 facility1532 handsomeness1550 address?1577 neatnessa1627 adroitness1683 hability1840 deftness1853 niftiness1878 slickness1895 eptitude1967 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [noun] enqueyntance1297 knowledgec1384 homeliness1402 acquaintancec1540 familiarity1574 habit1586 discourse1603 frequence1603 familiarness1612 conversationa1626 conversea1652 acquaintedness1661 intimacy1714 inquaintancea1834 hability1840 1840 Fraser's Mag. 22 64 An hability of conduct which properly constitutes genius in war. 1889 J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Method 73 Hability in or familiarity with a given style or form affects our appreciation of it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?a1439
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