abdicableadj.

Brit.

/ˈabdᵻkəbl/, U.S.

/ˈæbdəkəb(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abdicabilis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin abdicabilis able to be renounced (6th cent.; 14th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin abdicāre abdicate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare French abdicable (1852).

rare before late 20th cent.

Capable of being abdicated or renounced.

ΚΠ

1879 Webster's Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. 1539/1 Abdicable, capable of being abdicated; that may be abdicated.

1884 N.E.D. at Abdicable Mod. Such responsibilities are not abdicable at will.

1890 R. L. Poole in J. Wyclif De Dominio Divino 362 (margin) The original lordship of Adam was inabdicable.]

1977 Galaxy June 132/1 Despair (that is, the delusion that responsibility is abdicable) is seductive.

1999 C. B. Gray Philos. Law 532/2 Civil sovereignty is sovereignty acquired, retainable, and abdicable in virtue of the institution of civil law.

2003 S. E. Lahey Philos. & Politics John Wyclif ii. 60 Because of original sin, man's title to the sustenance of Creation is abdicable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abdicable
释义	abdicableadj. Brit. /ˈabdᵻkəbl/, U.S. /ˈæbdəkəb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abdicabilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin abdicabilis able to be renounced (6th cent.; 14th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin abdicāre abdicate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare French abdicable (1852). rare before late 20th cent. Capable of being abdicated or renounced. ΚΠ 1879 Webster's Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. 1539/1 Abdicable, capable of being abdicated; that may be abdicated. 1884 N.E.D. at Abdicable Mod. Such responsibilities are not abdicable at will. 1890 R. L. Poole in J. Wyclif De Dominio Divino 362 (margin) The original lordship of Adam was inabdicable.] 1977 Galaxy June 132/1 Despair (that is, the delusion that responsibility is abdicable) is seductive. 1999 C. B. Gray Philos. Law 532/2 Civil sovereignty is sovereignty acquired, retainable, and abdicable in virtue of the institution of civil law. 2003 S. E. Lahey Philos. & Politics John Wyclif ii. 60 Because of original sin, man's title to the sustenance of Creation is abdicable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1879
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