单词 | livableness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈlivableness ˈlivableness n. the quality of being livable or livable with; (in quot. 1895) capability of living, ‘viability’. ΘΚΠ society > [noun] > ability to live with others livableness1860 the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > viability viability1843 livableness1860 vitability1889 the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [noun] > forbearance or tolerance > quality of being endurable or tolerable comportableness1642 supportableness1649 patiency1655 tolerablenessa1678 bearableness1727 supportability1800 livableness1860 bearability1881 1860 Chambers's Jrnl. 14 305 Everybody who has ever been a member of a household or a family, must have a ready conception of the quality—liveableness. 1895 Athenæum 27 July 129/1 The articles..are very fair of their kind. But they have absolutely no independent livableness. 1910 Classical Jrnl. 5 212 It is the aim of the instructors..to demonstrate the ‘liveableness’ of Roman life and customs. 2001 W. Beard Artist as Monster iii. 46 A central and inexorable movement in Cronenberg's films..away from any notions of the possible friendliness or liveableness of the Other and towards a recognition of its poisonous destructiveness. < as lemmas |
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