habitableadj.

/ˈhabɪtəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English abitable.

Etymology: < French habitable (14th cent. in Littré), < Latin habitābilis , < habitāre to inhabit: see -able suffix.

1. Suitable for habitation or as a human abode; fit to live in, inhabitable; also absol. the habitable globe (cf. Greek οἰκουμένη).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > habitable

biglyc1400

habitablea1425

tenantable1542

inhabitable1601

liveable1814

occupiable1814

occupable1853

live-in1955

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Exod. xvi. 35 Til thei camen in to the lond abitable.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 62 We haue gyuen her londe habytable.

1555 R. Eden Of North Regions in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 263^v Of the North regions..howe those regions are habitable.

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 3 That vulgar division of the World into Zones habitable..and inhabitable.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 157 A glimps of Light, conveyd so farr Down to this habitable .

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) 195 The habitable part of the building.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xi. 100 A couple of rooms..which some kind of attempt had been made to render habitable.

†2. Able or ready to dwell. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > able to

habitable1654

1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 68 All the virtues are as habitable, and as content to dwell with the meanest Subject as the mightiest Monarch.

Derivatives

ˈhabitableness n. the quality of being habitable; fitness for habitation.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [noun] > habitability

habitableness1653

habitability1715

inhabitability1865

inhabitiveness1896

liveability1922

1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 13 In respect of its habitableness it is as rightly termed an Earth.

a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 78 To prove not only the habitableness, but healthfulness of that climate and country.

1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 239 The public rooms are in a state of perfect habitableness again.

ˈhabitably adv. in a habitable manner.

ΚΠ

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Habitably, in such a manner as to be habitable. Forsyth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	habitable
释义	habitableadj. /ˈhabɪtəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English abitable. Etymology: < French habitable (14th cent. in Littré), < Latin habitābilis , < habitāre to inhabit: see -able suffix. 1. Suitable for habitation or as a human abode; fit to live in, inhabitable; also absol. the habitable globe (cf. Greek οἰκουμένη). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > habitable biglyc1400 habitablea1425 tenantable1542 inhabitable1601 liveable1814 occupiable1814 occupable1853 live-in1955 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Exod. xvi. 35 Til thei camen in to the lond abitable. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 62 We haue gyuen her londe habytable. 1555 R. Eden Of North Regions in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 263^v Of the North regions..howe those regions are habitable. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 3 That vulgar division of the World into Zones habitable..and inhabitable. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 157 A glimps of Light, conveyd so farr Down to this habitable . View more context for this quotation 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) 195 The habitable part of the building. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xi. 100 A couple of rooms..which some kind of attempt had been made to render habitable. †2. Able or ready to dwell. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > able to habitable1654 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 68 All the virtues are as habitable, and as content to dwell with the meanest Subject as the mightiest Monarch. Derivatives ˈhabitableness n. the quality of being habitable; fitness for habitation. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [noun] > habitability habitableness1653 habitability1715 inhabitability1865 inhabitiveness1896 liveability1922 1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 13 In respect of its habitableness it is as rightly termed an Earth. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 78 To prove not only the habitableness, but healthfulness of that climate and country. 1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 239 The public rooms are in a state of perfect habitableness again. ˈhabitably adv. in a habitable manner. ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Habitably, in such a manner as to be habitable. Forsyth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.a1425
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