perfectibleadj.

Brit.

/pəˈfɛktᵻbl/, U.S.

/pərˈfɛktəb(ə)l/

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin perfectibilis (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin perfect- , past participial stem of perficere to accomplish (see perfect adj.) + -ibilis -ible suffix. Compare Italian perfettibile (a1588), French perfectible (1767). Compare perfectable adj.

Capable of being perfected or brought to perfection.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > capable of being perfected

perfectible1535

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [adjective]

perfectable?1790

perfectible1898

1535 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (rev. ed.) viii. xl. f.cxxxiv^v/1 Lyght is..mooste perfectyble, most gladde and moste communycatyue.

1635 D. Person Varieties ii. 64 Every thing perfectible striveth to attaine to its own perfection.

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 356 There is an infancy in every human production, that is perfectible.

1898 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer I. vii. 250 Man, he [sc. Godwin] thought, was perfectible, and a little calm argument would make him perfect.

1938 C. Connolly Enemies of Promise xvi. 176 Realities of the imagination—such as the belief in a future life, or in a perfectible human society.

2002 Esquire Apr. 69/2 Our obsession with..a knowable and perfectible health status.

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

单词	perfectible
释义	perfectibleadj. Brit. /pəˈfɛktᵻbl/, U.S. /pərˈfɛktəb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perfectibilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin perfectibilis (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin perfect- , past participial stem of perficere to accomplish (see perfect adj.) + -ibilis -ible suffix. Compare Italian perfettibile (a1588), French perfectible (1767). Compare perfectable adj. Capable of being perfected or brought to perfection. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > capable of being perfected perfectible1535 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > doctrine of human perfectibility > [adjective] perfectable?1790 perfectible1898 1535 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (rev. ed.) viii. xl. f.cxxxiv^v/1 Lyght is..mooste perfectyble, most gladde and moste communycatyue. 1635 D. Person Varieties ii. 64 Every thing perfectible striveth to attaine to its own perfection. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 356 There is an infancy in every human production, that is perfectible. 1898 L. Stephen Stud. of Biographer I. vii. 250 Man, he [sc. Godwin] thought, was perfectible, and a little calm argument would make him perfect. 1938 C. Connolly Enemies of Promise xvi. 176 Realities of the imagination—such as the belief in a future life, or in a perfectible human society. 2002 Esquire Apr. 69/2 Our obsession with..a knowable and perfectible health status. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1535
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