askableadj.

Brit.

/ˈɑːskəbl/,

/ˈaskəbl/, U.S.

/ˈæskəbəl/

Forms: see ask v. and -able suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ask v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < ask v. + -able suffix.

1. Able to be asked for; possible or suitable as a request.

ΚΠ

c1650 in J. W. Hales & F. J. Furnivall Bp. Percy's Folio MS (1867) I. 129 Ffor if your boone be askeable, soone granted it shalbe.

1846 W. Yates & J. Wenger Dict. Sanscrit & Eng. 527/2 Askable, begged for.

1899 N.Y. Observer & Chron. 20 Apr. 503/2 ‘Anything’ (vs. 14) that was truly and properly askable in his name.

2001 A. Schippers in G. Borg & E. de Moor Representations Divine in Arabic Poetry i. 132 You have reached in separation everything askable.

2. Able to be asked; suitable for asking.

ΚΠ

1842 Boston Q. Rev. Apr. 211 We are so far from believing the question, Am I immortal? unanswerable, that we do not believe it even askable.

1942 C. Morley Thorofare 127 He was congested by the number of askable questions.

1969 M. B. Black in S. A. Tyler Cognitive Anthropol. 172 The informant..provides at first some askable and correctly constructed questions.

2009 T. Pynchon Inherent Vice (2010) i. 5 And least askable of all, how passionately did she really feel about old Mickey?

3. North American. Of a person (esp. a parent): easy to ask questions of; spec. approachable and open to questions concerning sexuality.

ΚΠ

1975 Walla Walla (Washington) Union Bull. 21 Sept. 40/2 (list) Are you an askable parent..about sexuality?

1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 8 Feb. It is an appeal to parents, health care workers and all educators to be askable about birth control for teen-agers.

1994 Working Mother Apr. 41/1 If you've established yourself as an ‘askable’ parent during the critical preschool years, your child will most likely continue to turn to you with ‘why?’ questions during the elementary-school years and beyond.

2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 Nov. d4/1 ‘I knew my mom was askable,’ Arden says. ‘She was calm during the sex talk.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	askable
释义	askableadj. Brit. /ˈɑːskəbl/, /ˈaskəbl/, U.S. /ˈæskəbəl/ Forms: see ask v. and -able suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ask v., -able suffix. Etymology: < ask v. + -able suffix. 1. Able to be asked for; possible or suitable as a request. ΚΠ c1650 in J. W. Hales & F. J. Furnivall Bp. Percy's Folio MS (1867) I. 129 Ffor if your boone be askeable, soone granted it shalbe. 1846 W. Yates & J. Wenger Dict. Sanscrit & Eng. 527/2 Askable, begged for. 1899 N.Y. Observer & Chron. 20 Apr. 503/2 ‘Anything’ (vs. 14) that was truly and properly askable in his name. 2001 A. Schippers in G. Borg & E. de Moor Representations Divine in Arabic Poetry i. 132 You have reached in separation everything askable. 2. Able to be asked; suitable for asking. ΚΠ 1842 Boston Q. Rev. Apr. 211 We are so far from believing the question, Am I immortal? unanswerable, that we do not believe it even askable. 1942 C. Morley Thorofare 127 He was congested by the number of askable questions. 1969 M. B. Black in S. A. Tyler Cognitive Anthropol. 172 The informant..provides at first some askable and correctly constructed questions. 2009 T. Pynchon Inherent Vice (2010) i. 5 And least askable of all, how passionately did she really feel about old Mickey? 3. North American. Of a person (esp. a parent): easy to ask questions of; spec. approachable and open to questions concerning sexuality. ΚΠ 1975 Walla Walla (Washington) Union Bull. 21 Sept. 40/2 (list) Are you an askable parent..about sexuality? 1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 8 Feb. It is an appeal to parents, health care workers and all educators to be askable about birth control for teen-agers. 1994 Working Mother Apr. 41/1 If you've established yourself as an ‘askable’ parent during the critical preschool years, your child will most likely continue to turn to you with ‘why?’ questions during the elementary-school years and beyond. 2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 Nov. d4/1 ‘I knew my mom was askable,’ Arden says. ‘She was calm during the sex talk.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1650
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