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单词 judgeable
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judgeableadj.

Brit. /ˈdʒʌdʒəbl/, U.S. /ˈdʒədʒəb(ə)l/
Forms: late Middle English iugeable, 1500s iudgeable, 1600s– judgeable, 1700s– judgable; Scottish pre-1700 jugeable.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: judge v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < judge v. + -able suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman jugeable , Old French jujable (end of the 12th cent.). Compare judicable adj.
rare before 17th cent.
Capable of being judged or judged of; regarding which a judgement can be made.
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c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 34 (MED) To resolue and brynge maters of philosophie in to her groundis of resoun wherbi þei ben at þe certeynest or at þe moost likli iugeable to be trewe.
a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome f. 205, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Jugeable Sene his..werkis are meritore ore culpable, jugeable, premiable ore punyble.
1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. iv. 35 If this busines had hapened betweene private men, or that it had beene judgeable where Lex talionis is practised, it would not have beene so easily ended.
1668 A. Honyman Surv. Naphtali I. iii. 81 Some supreme Power on earth, which is not judgeable nor punishable by any.
1790 J. Bentham Draught New Plan Organisation Judicial Establishm. France v. 29 It seems to take for granted..that a Judge, if not judgeable by those whom he has been judging, is not to be judgeable by any body.
1839 R. Mudie Man, in his Intellect. Faculties i. 11 When the simple elements..are presented to us, each singly, and judged, or even judgeable, upon its own evidence.
1894 Philos. Rev. 3 620 Judgment-capacity, then, gives the maximum of judgeable contents.
1920 Gas Industry Dec. 278/1 An electric bulb..illuminates both the interior of the oven and the top of the range at one and the same time, thus making all within and without easily judgeable during the cooking process.
1967 Life 20 Jan. 61/4 Every animal is a unique product of evolution, perfect or imperfect in its own way and judgeable only by its own standards.
2007 M. Thomas Man Gone Down 381 ‘I cheated.’ I almost mouth the words, but I don't, as though that would make the words real, what I did real, judgeable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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