单词 | numberable |
释义 | numberableadj. 1. Able to be numbered; enumerable, countable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > numerable or reckonable numbrablea1382 numberablea1500 computativea1538 measurable1565 numerable1570 countable1581 accountable1589 computable1610 numerous1638 reckonable1657 summable1718 calculable1742 enumerable1889 scorable1964 a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxi. 17 Þai made noumberabile all my banes. c1550 Contempl. Sinn. (Harl.) 1010 Thai drew him on the croice with violence, His vanis frett, his banis war numerable [Asl. novmerable; Arund. severabill], Cavillit his clething. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Nombrable, numberable, numerable. 1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian xvi. §3. 331 The blessings and graces of Holy Orders..are fully numberable..by none but priestly penetration. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant x. 101 Merely the numberable packages of meat. 1975 Shakespeare Q. 26 21 The changes in Fortune—that ‘good housewife’ about whom Celia and Rosalind argue so lengthily..occur in time; that is, they are measurable, or numberable. 1991 PC Mag. (Nexis) 10 Sept. 10 409 Worse than the inconvenience, however, is that with 12 bits, only 4096 numberable areas on the disk can be addressed. 2. Originally Scottish. Numerous. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > abundant, numerous so manyc888 thickc893 muchc1225 rifec1275 stourc1275 unridec1300 copiousc1384 plentya1400 rivedc1400 numerable?a1425 numerous?a1475 many a several1543 rank1545 numberous1566 huge1570 multuous1586 multeous1589 numberful1594 numberable1596 numbery1606 numbersomea1617 multitudinousa1631 sand-like1630 voluminous1650 several1712 smart1750 powerful1800 multitudinarious1810 multitudinary1838 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 14 A certane toune copious in citiȝenis and verie numerable [L. numerosissima]. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 427 The Quene gatherit ane hoste numberable anuich with preparatione anuich to the weiris scho sent into scotland. 1680 in H. Carr Lodge Mother Kilwinning (1963) 105 A novmberable companie of the massons of the said lodge. 1995 Maclean's (Nexis) 2 Oct. 17 My mother, a hale and hearty 81, is residing in a seniors' residence, having voted in numberable elections and more than one referendum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1500 |
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