nominableadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɒmᵻnəbl/, U.S.

/ˈnɑmənəb(ə)l/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French nominable; Latin nominabilis.

Etymology: < French nominable (1522 in Middle French) or its etymon post-classical Latin nominabilis (4th cent.; from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin nōmināre nominate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. In sense 2 after nominate v. Compare Italian nominabile (1627).

†1. Worthy of being named; possible to name. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > that may be named

denominable1650

nameable1650

nominable1743

characterizable1777

1743 H. Fielding Misc. I. 101 Some smaller crimes, which seem scarce nominable.

1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 371 Another nominable person who has not been named yet is William Bankes.

2. Politics. That may be nominated.

ΚΠ

1979 Washington Post 22 Nov. a2 I think I am as promising a national candidate as there is in the field..and the least nominable.

1990 Xinhua News Service (Nexis) 1 Apr. Another rejection by the committee on his appointment will mean that Florencio Abad will no longer be nominable for a cabinet post.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nominable
释义	nominableadj. Brit. /ˈnɒmᵻnəbl/, U.S. /ˈnɑmənəb(ə)l/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French nominable; Latin nominabilis. Etymology: < French nominable (1522 in Middle French) or its etymon post-classical Latin nominabilis (4th cent.; from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin nōmināre nominate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. In sense 2 after nominate v. Compare Italian nominabile (1627). †1. Worthy of being named; possible to name. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > that may be named denominable1650 nameable1650 nominable1743 characterizable1777 1743 H. Fielding Misc. I. 101 Some smaller crimes, which seem scarce nominable. 1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 371 Another nominable person who has not been named yet is William Bankes. 2. Politics. That may be nominated. ΚΠ 1979 Washington Post 22 Nov. a2 I think I am as promising a national candidate as there is in the field..and the least nominable. 1990 Xinhua News Service (Nexis) 1 Apr. Another rejection by the committee on his appointment will mean that Florencio Abad will no longer be nominable for a cabinet post. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1743
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