modificabilityn.

Brit.

/ˌmɒdᵻfᵻkəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɑdəfəkəˈbɪlᵻdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: modificable adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < modificable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare French modificabilité (1852). Compare slightly earlier modifiability n.

Now rare.

= modifiability n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > [noun] > change within limits, variation, or modification > capability of being modified

modifiabilitya1826

modificabilitya1834

diversifiability1873

modifiableness1873

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) I. 59 Internal or mental energy and external or corporeal modificability are in inverse proportions.

1883 G. J. Romanes Mental Evol. Animals xviii. 281 An argument against the modificability of instinct by natural selection.

1939 Jrnl. Ecol. 27 411 Wherever marked modificability exists, Baldwin's and Lloyd-Morgan's principle of Organic Selection may operate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	modificability
释义	modificabilityn. Brit. /ˌmɒdᵻfᵻkəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˈˌmɑdəfəkəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: modificable adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < modificable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare French modificabilité (1852). Compare slightly earlier modifiability n. Now rare. = modifiability n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [noun] > change within limits, variation, or modification > capability of being modified modifiabilitya1826 modificabilitya1834 diversifiability1873 modifiableness1873 a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) I. 59 Internal or mental energy and external or corporeal modificability are in inverse proportions. 1883 G. J. Romanes Mental Evol. Animals xviii. 281 An argument against the modificability of instinct by natural selection. 1939 Jrnl. Ecol. 27 411 Wherever marked modificability exists, Baldwin's and Lloyd-Morgan's principle of Organic Selection may operate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1834
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