numerableadj.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːm(ə)rəbl/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)um(ə)rəb(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin numerābilis.

Etymology: < classical Latin numerābilis possible or easy to count < numerāre numerate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Italian numerabile (11th–12th cent.), Spanish numerable (1583), French †numérable (1606), Portuguese numerável (17th cent.). Compare numberable adj. and also numerous adj.For possible Scottish examples, see etymological note at numberable adj. It is also possible that quot. ?a1425 at sense 1 shows a variant of numberable adj. rather than the present word.

1. Numerous.

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

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 107^v (MED) It is concluded..geldyngz ar not podagrez; þat gluttrie, dronkenez, indigestioun, & leuyng of of excercise & of custumed purgacioun, & inmoderate lichery makeþ numerable podagrez.

1949 Amer. Midland Naturalist 42 473 Other factors and conditions, too numerable to mention, are responsible for discrepancies in the accurate representation of species in adjacent forests.

2000 Journal (Electronic ed.) 8 June My experiences are too numerable to put down on paper.

2. Capable of being numbered; countable, enumerable.

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

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. *j The Glas of Creation, the Forme of Formes, the Exemplar Number of all thinges Numerable.

1629 J. Cole Of Death 107 That hee must dye, and that his dayes were numerable, nature taught him.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 60 So numerous in Islands, as they are scarce numerable.

1685 W. Clark Grand Tryal xiii. 89 How many are they!—tell me—am I able To calculat them!—are they numerable!

1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §122 Particular numerable things.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 35 Our Thames..is tainted with..the scarce numerable ships and other vessels that resort her port.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 10 By this..he did not mean simply that all things were numerable.

1869 G. Grote in J. Mill Anal. Human Mind (new ed.) II. xiv. 137 Aristotle defines Time as..Continuous Motion, considered as numerable and successive.

1963 Monarch Notes (Electronic ed.) 1 Jan. The realization that all things are numerable..is one factor which led the Pythagoreans to their emphasis on the value of number in explaining the world order.

1990 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 21 July 1 d A strong..editorial condemned the decision of Judge Luke E. Lawless that it had been the act, not of numerable individuals, but of ‘of congregated thousands’.

Derivatives

ˈnumerableness n. rare

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Numerableness, capableness of being numbred.

1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2968/2 Things that can be numbered or counted are numerable..and have the quality of numerableness.

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

单词	numerable
释义	numerableadj. Brit. /ˈnjuːm(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˈn(j)um(ə)rəb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin numerābilis. Etymology: < classical Latin numerābilis possible or easy to count < numerāre numerate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Italian numerabile (11th–12th cent.), Spanish numerable (1583), French †numérable (1606), Portuguese numerável (17th cent.). Compare numberable adj. and also numerous adj.For possible Scottish examples, see etymological note at numberable adj. It is also possible that quot. ?a1425 at sense 1 shows a variant of numberable adj. rather than the present word. 1. Numerous. 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 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 107^v (MED) It is concluded..geldyngz ar not podagrez; þat gluttrie, dronkenez, indigestioun, & leuyng of of excercise & of custumed purgacioun, & inmoderate lichery makeþ numerable podagrez. 1949 Amer. Midland Naturalist 42 473 Other factors and conditions, too numerable to mention, are responsible for discrepancies in the accurate representation of species in adjacent forests. 2000 Journal (Electronic ed.) 8 June My experiences are too numerable to put down on paper. 2. Capable of being numbered; countable, enumerable. 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 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. j The Glas of Creation, the Forme of Formes, the Exemplar Number of all thinges Numerable. 1629 J. Cole Of Death* 107 That hee must dye, and that his dayes were numerable, nature taught him. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 60 So numerous in Islands, as they are scarce numerable. 1685 W. Clark Grand Tryal xiii. 89 How many are they!—tell me—am I able To calculat them!—are they numerable! 1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §122 Particular numerable things. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 35 Our Thames..is tainted with..the scarce numerable ships and other vessels that resort her port. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 10 By this..he did not mean simply that all things were numerable. 1869 G. Grote in J. Mill Anal. Human Mind (new ed.) II. xiv. 137 Aristotle defines Time as..Continuous Motion, considered as numerable and successive. 1963 Monarch Notes (Electronic ed.) 1 Jan. The realization that all things are numerable..is one factor which led the Pythagoreans to their emphasis on the value of number in explaining the world order. 1990 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 21 July 1 d A strong..editorial condemned the decision of Judge Luke E. Lawless that it had been the act, not of numerable individuals, but of ‘of congregated thousands’. Derivatives ˈnumerableness n. rare ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Numerableness, capableness of being numbred. 1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2968/2 Things that can be numbered or counted are numerable..and have the quality of numerableness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425
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