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单词 nourishable
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nourishableadj.

Brit. /ˈnʌrɪʃəbl/, U.S. /ˈnərəʃəb(ə)l/, /ˈnʊrɪʃəb(ə)l/
Forms: see nourish v. and -able suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nourish v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < nourish v. + -able suffix. Compare Old French, Middle French, French †nourrissable nourishing (early 14th cent.), able to be nourished (1611).
Now rare.
1. Capable of affording nourishment; nourishing, nutritious. Obsolete.Common in the 17th cent.
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the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > nourishing
nourishing1340
marrowya1382
nutrimentala1398
feeding1398
marroweda1400
nourishanta1400
nurshing?c1425
nutritivec1450
nutrativec1487
nourishable1496
hearty?1550
battling1555
nurturable1579
alimental1586
nutrible1607
alimentary1608
nutrimentive1610
refective1611
battlesome1627
alible1653
nurturing?a1659
alimentous1659
alimonious1659
polytrophic1659
nutrient1661
nutritious1665
alimentarious1671
foodful1735
nutritionarya1852
nutritional1858
nutraceutical1990
1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. giv And yf he woll be dyetyd mesurably he must..ete nourishable [c1450 norysching] meetes and dyffyable also.
1589 J. Sparke in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 540 It maketh also good beuerage sodden in water, and nourishable.
1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks ii. 26 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Then is the soile but thin, And fitter yeeld it is for beasts and nourishable vines.
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 13 Let the food be nourishable, hungry Elias stands not vpon it, whether an Angel or a rauen serue it.
1643 J. Swan Speculum Mundi (ed. 2) ix. §2. 501 The fruits of the Earth were much more nourishable and healthfull before the Floud then afterwards.
1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 178 The Fall of great Rains may wash down Insects and other nourishable Matter into it.
1850 W. G. Simms Lily & Totem xxi. 315 Maize..maketh good meale, beaten and sodden with water, and nourishable.
2. Able to be nourished; susceptible to nourishment.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed or nourished > that may be fed
nourishable1545
well-feeding1657
feedable1858
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. I.iiiv From whense agayne it is attracted into all partes nourysshable of the infant.
1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 87 He had no money to maintain it [sc. his army], nor was it any longer nourishable by rapine.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 219 There are as many stomacks, as there are members nourishable.
1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra i. v. §19 Its more ready adhesion to all the nourishable Parts.
1876 G. Meredith Lett. (1912) I. 269 The dear heart of him so frankly nourishable by flattery that [etc.].
1993 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 31 Dec. 3 Finished with a movie and somehow hungry again, the always nourishable Teschner would direct the trip up to Devon Avenue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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