passibleadj.

Brit.

/ˈpasᵻbl/, U.S.

/ˈpæsəb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English passibil, Middle English passybyl, Middle English possibul (transmission error), Middle English–1500s passyble, Middle English– passible; also Scottish pre-1700 passibil.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French passible; Latin passibilis.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French passible capable of feeling or suffering (c1160–3 in Old French; 1402 in sense ‘sensitive’ (compare sense 3); French passible ), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin passibilis capable of feeling or suffering (Vetus Latina, Tertullian), capable of being suffered (5th cent.), subject to injury, easily hurt (1363 in Chauliac) < classical Latin pass- , past participial stem of patī to suffer (see patient adj. and n.) + -ibilis -ible suffix. In sense 2 probably influenced by association with pass v.

1. Chiefly Theology. Capable of suffering or feeling; susceptible to sensation or emotion. Cf. patible adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective]

passiblec1384

apprehensivea1398

feelinga1400

sensible?c1400

sufferablec1400

perceptible?a1430

sensatea1500

sensive?1541

senting1572

patible1602

sentient1632

sensile1650

sensatinga1652

perceptive1652

percipient1692

perceiving1736

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective]

passiblec1384

susceptive1577

impressive1593

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impressible1626

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responsive1657

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affectible1796

tangible1813

suscipient1815

impressionable1833

impressional1860

unseared1860

reachable1873

passionful1902

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvi. 23 If Crist passible [v.r. is passyble], or able to suffre, [etc.].

c1425 Prose Versions New Test.: Deeds (Cambr.) (1904) xxvi. 23 (MED) Criste was possibul [v.r. passybyl].

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) v. xi. f. cccxli/2 For the loue of the, he was made man passyble & mortall, whiche was Inmortall & Impassyble.

a1569 M. Coverdale Hope Faithful (1574) xxv. 177 Hereout now it followeth, that the soules are passible.

1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course viii. f. 101 Pythagoras was of opinion, that the first cause was not sensible, nor passible.

1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική vi. 21 The Councell is blasphemous in saying that Christs glorified body is passible and frangible by naturall manducation.

1691 R. Baxter Reply to Mr. Beverley's Answer 6 The Paradise Saints have bodies of flesh, passible, and such as must have food.

1719 D. Waterland Vindic. Christ's Divinity xxvi. 414 It might as reasonably be pretended that the Λόγοσ as such, was Visible, and Comprehensible, and changed into a frail Man, as that He was passible.

1742 F. Blyth Serm. Every Sunday II. vi. 262 Thomas, who fear'd not to die with his Lord while passible, fear'd to believe in his Lord when become impassible.

1872 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 425 God is a being morally passible.

1917 J. V. Bartlet & A. J. Carlyle Christianity in Hist. iii. vi. 442 The problem whether the body as given to the disciples at the Institution was passible..or impassible.

1996 Church Times 12 Jan. 1/2 In classical Christian theology, only the humanity of Jesus is regarded as ‘passible’.

†2. Liable to undergo change or decay. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective]

slidinga900

wankleeOE

windyc1000

unsteadfastc1200

fleeting?c1225

loose?c1225

brotelc1315

unstablec1340

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variantc1374

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muablea1393

passiblea1393

remuablea1393

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variablec1397

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tippy1886

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inertialess1927

sometimey1946

rise-and-fall1950

switchable1961

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 771 (MED) The Sonne and Mone eclipse bothe, That be hem lieve or be hem lothe, Thei soffre; and what thing is passible To ben a god is impossible.

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) iv. 1712 (MED) Of nature a persone whiche is sempiterne, To sey of it that it is passyble Semeth to me a ful gret insolible.

a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 36 His haly body was passible eftir that the saule partit fra it.

1533 T. Elyot Of Knowl. Wise Man H8v He shall therby not onely remembre that he is passible & therefore no god.

1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 83 The aire is both passible, and corruptible, and may easily be corrupted and changed.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 15 That Bodies are passible and divisible, in infinitum, and continuous as are also a line, superficies, place, and time.

1696 J. Sergeant Method to Sci. 61 If it be consider'd according to Extrinsecals, then, either according to the Causes from which it may suffer or be variable, which we call Passible Quality, if steddy; or Passion, if sudden and fleeting.

†3. Of a part of the body: subject to injury; easily hurt, sensitive. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 42 Among alle þe parties of þe body, þe blak of þe yȝe..is most passible [L. maxime est passibilis] & þerfore sonnest I-greued & I-hert.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 43 Þe temples ben passible [L. sunt passibilia] & liȝtliche & hastiliche I-hert.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 42 Þe..braine panne is..Of alle figures..vnneþes passibil [L. passibilis].

†4. Passive. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > undergoing an action

passivea1398

suffering1398

patient?a1425

passible?1533

pathic1857

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Cciii What it is of vnderstandyng actyue and passyble.

†5. Capable of being suffered or felt. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adjective]

sensiblea1398

feelablec1443

perceivablec1475

sensual1529

passible1558

perceptible1567

sensitive1577

distinguishable1611

discernable1627

discernible1633

perceptive1740

appreciable?1775

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adjective] > capable of producing an effect

passible1558

1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes xv. f. lxxxviii Although God doth punishe and afflict vs, yet he doth it not with passible anger.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. vi. 32 His [sc. the Sensible Faculty's] obiect in generall is a sensible or passible qualitie, because the sense is affected by it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	passible
释义	passibleadj. Brit. /ˈpasᵻbl/, U.S. /ˈpæsəb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English passibil, Middle English passybyl, Middle English possibul (transmission error), Middle English–1500s passyble, Middle English– passible; also Scottish pre-1700 passibil. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French passible; Latin passibilis. Etymology: < (i) Middle French passible capable of feeling or suffering (c1160–3 in Old French; 1402 in sense ‘sensitive’ (compare sense 3); French passible ), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin passibilis capable of feeling or suffering (Vetus Latina, Tertullian), capable of being suffered (5th cent.), subject to injury, easily hurt (1363 in Chauliac) < classical Latin pass- , past participial stem of patī to suffer (see patient adj. and n.) + -ibilis -ible suffix. In sense 2 probably influenced by association with pass v. 1. Chiefly Theology. Capable of suffering or feeling; susceptible to sensation or emotion. Cf. patible adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective] passiblec1384 apprehensivea1398 feelinga1400 sensible?c1400 sufferablec1400 perceptible?a1430 sensatea1500 sensive?1541 senting1572 patible1602 sentient1632 sensile1650 sensatinga1652 perceptive1652 percipient1692 perceiving1736 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective] passiblec1384 susceptive1577 impressive1593 waxy1594 eath1596 impressible1626 mutual1657 responsive1657 open1672 susceptible1709 unsteeled1744 unblunted1775 sensate1788 affectible1796 tangible1813 suscipient1815 impressionable1833 impressional1860 unseared1860 reachable1873 passionful1902 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvi. 23 If Crist passible [v.r. is passyble], or able to suffre, [etc.]. c1425 Prose Versions New Test.: Deeds (Cambr.) (1904) xxvi. 23 (MED) Criste was possibul [v.r. passybyl]. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) v. xi. f. cccxli/2 For the loue of the, he was made man passyble & mortall, whiche was Inmortall & Impassyble. a1569 M. Coverdale Hope Faithful (1574) xxv. 177 Hereout now it followeth, that the soules are passible. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course viii. f. 101 Pythagoras was of opinion, that the first cause was not sensible, nor passible. 1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική vi. 21 The Councell is blasphemous in saying that Christs glorified body is passible and frangible by naturall manducation. 1691 R. Baxter Reply to Mr. Beverley's Answer 6 The Paradise Saints have bodies of flesh, passible, and such as must have food. 1719 D. Waterland Vindic. Christ's Divinity xxvi. 414 It might as reasonably be pretended that the Λόγοσ as such, was Visible, and Comprehensible, and changed into a frail Man, as that He was passible. 1742 F. Blyth Serm. Every Sunday II. vi. 262 Thomas, who fear'd not to die with his Lord while passible, fear'd to believe in his Lord when become impassible. 1872 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 425 God is a being morally passible. 1917 J. V. Bartlet & A. J. Carlyle Christianity in Hist. iii. vi. 442 The problem whether the body as given to the disciples at the Institution was passible..or impassible. 1996 Church Times 12 Jan. 1/2 In classical Christian theology, only the humanity of Jesus is regarded as ‘passible’. †2. Liable to undergo change or decay. Obsolete. 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Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 771 (MED) The Sonne and Mone eclipse bothe, That be hem lieve or be hem lothe, Thei soffre; and what thing is passible To ben a god is impossible. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) iv. 1712 (MED) Of nature a persone whiche is sempiterne, To sey of it that it is passyble Semeth to me a ful gret insolible. a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 36 His haly body was passible eftir that the saule partit fra it. 1533 T. Elyot Of Knowl. Wise Man H8v He shall therby not onely remembre that he is passible & therefore no god. 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 83 The aire is both passible, and corruptible, and may easily be corrupted and changed. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 15 That Bodies are passible and divisible, in infinitum, and continuous as are also a line, superficies, place, and time. 1696 J. Sergeant Method to Sci. 61 If it be consider'd according to Extrinsecals, then, either according to the Causes from which it may suffer or be variable, which we call Passible Quality, if steddy; or Passion, if sudden and fleeting. †3. Of a part of the body: subject to injury; easily hurt, sensitive. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 42 Among alle þe parties of þe body, þe blak of þe yȝe..is most passible [L. maxime est passibilis] & þerfore sonnest I-greued & I-hert. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 43 Þe temples ben passible [L. sunt passibilia] & liȝtliche & hastiliche I-hert. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 42 Þe..braine panne is..Of alle figures..vnneþes passibil [L. passibilis]. †4. Passive. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > undergoing an action passivea1398 suffering1398 patient?a1425 passible?1533 pathic1857 ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Cciii What it is of vnderstandyng actyue and passyble. †5. Capable of being suffered or felt. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adjective] sensiblea1398 feelablec1443 perceivablec1475 sensual1529 passible1558 perceptible1567 sensitive1577 distinguishable1611 discernable1627 discernible1633 perceptive1740 appreciable?1775 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adjective] > capable of producing an effect passible1558 1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes xv. f. lxxxviii Although God doth punishe and afflict vs, yet he doth it not with passible anger. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. vi. 32 His [sc. the Sensible Faculty's] obiect in generall is a sensible or passible qualitie, because the sense is affected by it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1384
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