† manuableadj.

Forms: 1500s maniable, 1600s manuable.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin manū , manus , -able suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin manū, ablative singular of manus hand (see manus n.¹) + -able suffix, perhaps after manual adj. or maniable adj. Compare Old French manuable of a size to be held in the hand (13th cent., apparently in an isolated attestation), and post-classical Latin manuabilis tractable, governable (15th cent. in a British source). Compare unmanuable adj.

Obsolete. rare.

That can be easily handled or carried about.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [adjective] > easily managed

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hand-tame1911

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises viii. xii. f. 312^v Most maniable , and therwith verie light of carriage.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo ii. xx. 363 The Spaniard doth call this Booke El Libro grande, and the Iournall he calleth Manuall, being of a farre lesser volume, commonly but one third part of the other, being manuable.

a1631 R. Cotton Abstr. Rec. Tower (1642) 26 If wee marke but of the great quantities from the penny downward since H. 8. time stamped, how few remain. Whereas of all the Coynes from three pence upwards which are manuable (or manuall) plenty passe still in daily payment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	manuable
释义	† manuableadj. Forms: 1500s maniable, 1600s manuable. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin manū , manus , -able suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin manū, ablative singular of manus hand (see manus n.¹) + -able suffix, perhaps after manual adj. or maniable adj. Compare Old French manuable of a size to be held in the hand (13th cent., apparently in an isolated attestation), and post-classical Latin manuabilis tractable, governable (15th cent. in a British source). Compare unmanuable adj. Obsolete. rare. That can be easily handled or carried about. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [adjective] > easily managed handsome1440 wieldya1450 maniable1484 willing?a1513 tractable1555 wieldsome1565 manuable1594 manageable1598 handleable1611 subject1619 manuala1631 handy1640 flippant1677 wieldablea1688 clever1715 able1741 habile1741 docile1774 sweet1883 hand-tame1911 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises viii. xii. f. 312^v Most maniable , and therwith verie light of carriage. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo ii. xx. 363 The Spaniard doth call this Booke El Libro grande, and the Iournall he calleth Manuall, being of a farre lesser volume, commonly but one third part of the other, being manuable. a1631 R. Cotton Abstr. Rec. Tower (1642) 26 If wee marke but of the great quantities from the penny downward since H. 8. time stamped, how few remain. Whereas of all the Coynes from three pence upwards which are manuable (or manuall) plenty passe still in daily payment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1594
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