† lowableadj.

Forms: Middle English louable, Middle English lowabul, Middle English loweable, Middle English lowuabyll, Middle English–1600s lowable.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: 'low v.³, -able suffix; French louable.

Etymology: Probably partly < 'low v.³ + -able suffix, and party < Middle French louable praiseworthy (1st half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman) < classical Latin laudābilis laudable adj.In early use, this word can be difficult to distinguish in form from lovable adj.², with which it overlaps semantically. It is possible that some examples given here belong at that entry instead.

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).

单词	lowable
释义	† lowableadj. Forms: Middle English louable, Middle English lowabul, Middle English loweable, Middle English lowuabyll, Middle English–1600s lowable. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: 'low v.³, -able suffix; French louable. Etymology: Probably partly < 'low v.³ + -able suffix, and party < Middle French louable praiseworthy (1st half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman) < classical Latin laudābilis laudable adj.In early use, this word can be difficult to distinguish in form from lovable adj.², with which it overlaps semantically. It is possible that some examples given here belong at that entry instead. 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). < adj.a1400
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