单词 | lowable |
释义 | † lowableadj. Obsolete. Praiseworthy, admirable; commendable, desirable. Also: permissible. Cf. allowable adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [adjective] loflyOE herewortha1225 praisablec1350 provablea1382 heryful1382 praisefulc1384 commendablec1386 lowablea1400 allowablec1400 meritable?1400 laudablec1420 thankworthy1421 lovablec1422 thankworth?1426 thanklewe1430 recommendable1477 meritoriousa1513 praiseworthya1538 apprisablec1540 plausible1561 praiseworth1591 applausive1605 allaudable1727 society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted sufferablea1395 admittable?1406 allowable1445 permissiblea1475 congeable1528 tolerable1531 lowable1538 grantable1548 permittable?1575 venial1597 lawful1600 admissible1611 a1400 tr. R. Rolle Oleum Effusum (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 188 (MED) Þou sal be [a] gloriouse & a lowabul [c1440 Thornton lowuabyll] ouercomer. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. vi. l. 103 Ich rede þe..rape þe to by-gynne Þe lyf þat ys lowable and leel to þe soule. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccxlix/2 Thyrdely for the lowable dystrybucion of the tresours, that he gaf alle to poure men wysely. 1538 J. Butlar Let. to Cranmer in T. Cranmer Misc. Writ. (1846) 373 I have declared to the prior that his third Article is not lowable. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. sig. B.vj Honest and helthsum decoration & clendlynes, alwaies most lowable and commendable in a woman. 1639 W. Balcanquhall Large Declar. Tumults Scotl. 63 According to the lowable lawes and constitutions received in this Realm. 1650 Certain Proposals of Divers Attorneys 8 That this Proposal be reduced to a Law,..that the Exchequer Clerke may not evade it, for that lowable Lawes wil not hold them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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