opposableadj.

Brit.

/əˈpəʊzəbl/, U.S.

/əˈpoʊzəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s 1800s opposeable, 1700s– opposable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oppose v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < oppose v. + -able suffix. Compare French opposable (1805 in sense 2).

1. Able to be opposed or withstood; capable of being opposed (to something); that opposes or contradicts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > capable of being opposed

opposable1644

combatable1824

1644 M.S. to A.S. with Plea for Libertie of Conscience iii. 71 Nor is all that hath been here said by way of contest with him about his Government, any whit more then a first fruits of what is further opposeable to it.

1717 Church & State Vindicated 9 Kings..who are truly and properly such, are not de Jure opposable or deposable.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. IV. viii. ix. 151 The application is either opposable or unopposable.

1829 J. Bentham Justice & Codification Petitions iii. 195 No arguments will be found opposable to it other than ungrounded assertions.

1954 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 19 815/2 The authors do not clarify for the student that order and disorder are not opposable.

1984 MLN 99 758 He dismisses back to back the two opposable arguments, the two oppositions, concluding..that he does not want to conclude.

2002 Racing Post (Nexis) 5 Nov. (Greyhound Features section) 54 A couple of poor efforts at Shawfield make him eminently opposable.

2. Zoology. Of a digit, esp. the thumb of a primate: able to be opposed to another digit; capable of being placed so as to face and touch another digit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > [adjective] > specific quality

opposable1833

1833 Penny Cycl. I. 442/2 Those [monkeys] of Africa and Asia have completely opposable thumbs on the fore-feet as well as on the hind.

1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 253 A freedom of the digits, with some opposable faculty in them.

1875 tr. E. O. Schmidt Doctr. Descent & Darwinism (ed. 2) 280 Prehensile hind feet with their opposable hallux.

1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 129 A thumb is..a finger so arranged as to be opposable to the other fingers.

1944 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 74 3/1 It has been suggested that man's rise from a purely bestial condition is traceable in the end to his possession of an opposable thumb.

2001 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 176/3 He says he'd prefer to be a lemur or a rabbit and still be intelligent and keep the opposable thumbs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	opposable
释义	opposableadj. Brit. /əˈpəʊzəbl/, U.S. /əˈpoʊzəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s 1800s opposeable, 1700s– opposable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oppose v., -able suffix. Etymology: < oppose v. + -able suffix. Compare French opposable (1805 in sense 2). 1. Able to be opposed or withstood; capable of being opposed (to something); that opposes or contradicts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > capable of being opposed opposable1644 combatable1824 1644 M.S. to A.S. with Plea for Libertie of Conscience iii. 71 Nor is all that hath been here said by way of contest with him about his Government, any whit more then a first fruits of what is further opposeable to it. 1717 Church & State Vindicated 9 Kings..who are truly and properly such, are not de Jure opposable or deposable. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. IV. viii. ix. 151 The application is either opposable or unopposable. 1829 J. Bentham Justice & Codification Petitions iii. 195 No arguments will be found opposable to it other than ungrounded assertions. 1954 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 19 815/2 The authors do not clarify for the student that order and disorder are not opposable. 1984 MLN 99 758 He dismisses back to back the two opposable arguments, the two oppositions, concluding..that he does not want to conclude. 2002 Racing Post (Nexis) 5 Nov. (Greyhound Features section) 54 A couple of poor efforts at Shawfield make him eminently opposable. 2. Zoology. Of a digit, esp. the thumb of a primate: able to be opposed to another digit; capable of being placed so as to face and touch another digit. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > [adjective] > specific quality opposable1833 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 442/2 Those [monkeys] of Africa and Asia have completely opposable thumbs on the fore-feet as well as on the hind. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 253 A freedom of the digits, with some opposable faculty in them. 1875 tr. E. O. Schmidt Doctr. Descent & Darwinism (ed. 2) 280 Prehensile hind feet with their opposable hallux. 1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 129 A thumb is..a finger so arranged as to be opposable to the other fingers. 1944 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 74 3/1 It has been suggested that man's rise from a purely bestial condition is traceable in the end to his possession of an opposable thumb. 2001 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 176/3 He says he'd prefer to be a lemur or a rabbit and still be intelligent and keep the opposable thumbs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1644
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