单词 | maniable |
释义 | † maniableadj. Obsolete. 1. That may be handled or felt; palpable. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [adjective] touchablec1384 treatablec1384 palpable1395 gropable14.. maniable1483 tangible1589 tactable1611 tactile1615 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 27/1 He is not manyable ne may not be handled. ?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. iiij The Motte..is a maniable worm and yet it hydeth him in ye clothe that it can scantly be sene. 1665 J. Sergeant Sure-footing in Christianity 64 Actions, Sacraments, and all other outward shows which could be invented to make such mysteries maniable. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. II. xii. 261 We..leave to them [sc. Beasts] for their Divident, Essential, Maniable, and Palpable Goods, as Peace, Repose [etc.]. 2. a. Easy to handle; flexible, pliable, workable. 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 the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] tougha700 lithyc1000 softc1330 weak?a1366 plianta1382 persha1398 plyinga1398 lithec1400 supplec1400 plicable?a1425 curvable?1440 lethec1440 scretec1440 pliablec1475 bowable1483 bowing1483 waldinc1485 supple1513 flexible1548 limber1565 lither1565 bending1567 osier1577 wiry1588 buxom1590 withy1598 suppliable1599 renderingc1600 fluxible1607 winding1609 bendable1611 flippant1622 flexive1629 flexile1633 maniable1633 compliant1667 flectible1705 limp1706 yieldy1757 complying1774 limberly1782 willowy1791 switchy1810 wandy1825 twistable1853 bendsome1861 whippy1867 swack1868 bendy1873 1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) vi. 82 Gauntelots..to receyue the strokes yf it were so that his other armures manyable faylled to hym. 1520 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 55 (note) For the nymble handlyng wheroff [i.e. the sworde] He hathe or knowythe no feate, but thowght it not manyable, and callyd the Admirall, and cawsed hym to feell the weght theroff. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons f. 4v Short, strong, and light arming daggers are more maniable. 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr iv. 140 Those instruments of battery..were left off..because they were not so maniable and tractable, and apt for transportation, as these are. a1612 W. Raleigh Let. to Prince Henry in Remains (1661) 251 If she [sc. a ship] be bigger she will be of lesse use,..lesse nimble, lesse mannyable. 1633 R. Ashley tr. C. Borri Cochin China sig. Divv It [sc. the elephant's trunk] is so flexible and maniable that he extendeth and turneth it as he list. 1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 183 The earth about it is everywhere manyable, so as Trenches may easily be made. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Gimbels Your Business only is to make the Paste firm, and to knead it well; if it be not maniable, and that if you cannot draw it with your Hands..you must beat it in a Mortar. b. Of a person or his or her attributes: manageable, tractable. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > compliant ablec1384 obedientc1400 supplec1405 accordinga1425 plianta1425 serviablea1425 appliable1449 bowablec1449 applicant?c1500 pliablea1513 applying?1529 flexible?1531 maniablea1604 correspondenta1616 compliable1641 compliant1642 complaisant1647 flexile1651 complacential1658 complying1668 commode1674 complaisential1689 applicable1702 complacent1790 unprotesting1792 a1604 F. Bacon Disc. Helps Intell. Powers in Resuscitatio (1657) 228 And as to the Will of Man, it is that, which is most Maniable, and Obedient; As that, which admitteth most Medicines, to cure, and alter it. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. C4 Learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment. View more context for this quotation ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome ii. ix. 317 To be supple and manaiable [Fr. maniable], to know how to rise and fall, to bring himselfe into order when there is neede. 1628 R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis iv. 275 This rage, which was..not maniable by any prudence or counsell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1483 |
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