单词 | motionable |
释义 | motionableadj. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. Capable of motion, able to move. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [adjective] > capable of moving remuable?c1400 motive1579 motionable1840 1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 149 She gave it a gentle pat with her paw, to see if it were motionable. 1876 G. M. Hopkins Wreck of Deutschland xxxii, in Poems (1967) 62 Stanching, quenching ocean of a motionable mind. 1893 R. Bridges Shorter Poems v. xv. 11 The frost-bound country held Nought motionable or alive. 1951 W. de la Mare Winged Chariot 10 Huge and scarce motionable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1840 |
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