persuasibleadj.

Brit.

/pəˈsweɪzᵻbl/, U.S.

/pərˈsweɪzəb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s persuasyble, late Middle English– persuasible, 1600s perswaisable, 1600s perswasible.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin persuāsibilis persuasive, convincing < persuās- , past participial stem of persuādēre persuade v. + -ibilis -ible suffix. Compare Middle French, French persuasible persuasive, convincing (c1370 in an isolated attestation; subsequently from 1587; now rare), able to be persuaded (1546, now rare), Spanish persuasible persuasive, convincing (c1530 or earlier), able to be persuaded (1592 or earlier; now frequently in sense ‘floating’ (of voters)), Italian persuasibile plausible, persuasive (1551), able to be persuaded (a1573; now rare or literary).With the form perswaisable compare -able suffix. With persuasibleness n. at Derivatives compare earlier persuasibility n., and later persuadableness n. N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (pəɹswēⁱ·sĭb'l) /pəˈsweɪsɪb(ə)l/.

1. Having the power of persuading; persuasive; convincing. Also: capable of being recommended for acceptance; credible, plausible. rare after 17th cent.Frequently with allusion to 1 Corinthians ii. 4 (see quots. a1425¹, a1425²).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective]

persuasiblea1425

persuasivec1487

persuadable1532

suading1557

persuasory1576

suasory1576

persuading1581

suasive1601

adamantic1605

inducing1606

inducive1611

inductious1620

flexanimous1621

pleaful1625

suasorian1646

psychagogical1822

psychagogic1846

the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > credibility > [adjective]

leaffulc1275

levelya1300

trowablea1340

believablea1382

leveable1382

credible?c1400

creable1480

faithworthy?1526

creditworthy1554

credent?a1579

creditable1594

persuadable1617

persuasible1638

swallowable1818

a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 1 Cor. ii. 4 My woord and my prechyng was not in persuasyble [L. persuabilibus] thynges of mannys wysdam; but in schewyng of þe spyrite holy and of vertue.

a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Sidney Sussex) 1 Cor. ii. 4 Persuasible [v.r. sotil styringe; c1384 Douce 369(2) I..was anentis ȝou, and my word and my preching not in persuable, or sutile glosynge, wordis of mannis wysdom, but in schewynge of spirit and vertu].

1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 810/2 One..by hys persuasible wordes had turned the waueringe people.

1580 G. Harvey Let. in E. Spenser Compl. Wks. (1882) I. 39 The best and persuasiblest Eloquence.

1638 T. Jackson Treat. Consecration Sonne of God 287 This later opinion is in it selfe perswasible.

1646 H. Hammond View Exceptions to Visct. Falkland's Disc. Infallibilitie 127 Nor [is] Mahumetisme at any time so perswasible as Christian religion.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Coloss. xi. 4) With probable and persuasible speeches.

1835 Biblical Repertory July 376 The solicitude of Paul..should lead all who preach Christ to guard against a reliance upon the persuasible words of man's wisdom.

1995 Federal Document Clearing House Congress. Testimony (transcript) (Nexis) 3 Aug. When the Abbott Court spoke in its highly persuasible decision, no one listened.

2. Open to persuasion; able to be persuaded.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > persuaded > able to be

suadible1382

persuasible1502

flexible?1531

suasible1582

persuadable1598

prevailable1679

influenceable1859

pervious1876

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxii. sig. dd.vi That suche infante fered and loued god and were persuasyble.

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 374 One that is rather perswaisable by mens authoritie, then by reason.

1759 S. Davies Serm. (1864) III. 646 Or this advice may be rendered, ‘Be ye exhorted’, that is, be persuasible, and regard the exhortations I have given you.

1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 46 His wife being a persuasible woman, who will hear reason after all.

1886 Catholic World Feb. 689 He painted her [sc. Rebecca Sharp] to the life, with pretended reluctance to evil, suspected, yet not fully known to be persuasible to consent.

1961 D. T. Campbell in I. A. Berg & B. M. Bass Conformity & Deviation iii. 116 Leaders are less conformant or persuasible than non-leaders.

1991 M. Mackie Gender Relations Canada ii. 40/1 Women are more persuasible than men and are more likely to conform to social pressure in situations involving surveillance by an audience.

Derivatives

† persuasibleness n. (also perswasibleness) Obsolete (a) persuasiveness; (b) persuasibility.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > persuadability

easinessa1619

persuasibilitya1631

persuasiblenessa1660

flexibility1703

persuadableness1741

persuadability1796

manipulability1967

a1660 N. Rogers Rich Fool (1662) 17 Others call that Perswasibleness of words: Some would have all confirmed by the Testimony of Councils, Fathers, and Doctors of the Church.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Persuasibleness, the quality of being flexible by persuasion. [Also in later dictionaries.]

† persuasibly adv. (also perswasibly) Obsolete persuasively.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adverb]

persuadingly1552

persuasibly1563

persuasively1650

suasively1837

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1399/2 This man dyd..speake..earnestly, and perswasibly, as euer I heard any.

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

单词	persuasible
释义	persuasibleadj. Brit. /pəˈsweɪzᵻbl/, U.S. /pərˈsweɪzəb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s persuasyble, late Middle English– persuasible, 1600s perswaisable, 1600s perswasible. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin persuāsibilis. Etymology: < classical Latin persuāsibilis persuasive, convincing < persuās- , past participial stem of persuādēre persuade v. + -ibilis -ible suffix. Compare Middle French, French persuasible persuasive, convincing (c1370 in an isolated attestation; subsequently from 1587; now rare), able to be persuaded (1546, now rare), Spanish persuasible persuasive, convincing (c1530 or earlier), able to be persuaded (1592 or earlier; now frequently in sense ‘floating’ (of voters)), Italian persuasibile plausible, persuasive (1551), able to be persuaded (a1573; now rare or literary).With the form perswaisable compare -able suffix. With persuasibleness n. at Derivatives compare earlier persuasibility n., and later persuadableness n. N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (pəɹswēⁱ·sĭb'l) /pəˈsweɪsɪb(ə)l/. 1. Having the power of persuading; persuasive; convincing. Also: capable of being recommended for acceptance; credible, plausible. rare after 17th cent.Frequently with allusion to 1 Corinthians ii. 4 (see quots. a1425¹, a1425²). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] persuasiblea1425 persuasivec1487 persuadable1532 suading1557 persuasory1576 suasory1576 persuading1581 suasive1601 adamantic1605 inducing1606 inducive1611 inductious1620 flexanimous1621 pleaful1625 suasorian1646 psychagogical1822 psychagogic1846 the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > credibility > [adjective] leaffulc1275 levelya1300 trowablea1340 believablea1382 leveable1382 credible?c1400 creable1480 faithworthy?1526 creditworthy1554 credent?a1579 creditable1594 persuadable1617 persuasible1638 swallowable1818 a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 1 Cor. ii. 4 My woord and my prechyng was not in persuasyble [L. persuabilibus] thynges of mannys wysdam; but in schewyng of þe spyrite holy and of vertue. a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Sidney Sussex) 1 Cor. ii. 4 Persuasible [v.r. sotil styringe; c1384 Douce 369(2) I..was anentis ȝou, and my word and my preching not in persuable, or sutile glosynge, wordis of mannis wysdom, but in schewynge of spirit and vertu]. 1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 810/2 One..by hys persuasible wordes had turned the waueringe people. 1580 G. Harvey Let. in E. Spenser Compl. Wks. (1882) I. 39 The best and persuasiblest Eloquence. 1638 T. Jackson Treat. Consecration Sonne of God 287 This later opinion is in it selfe perswasible. 1646 H. Hammond View Exceptions to Visct. Falkland's Disc. Infallibilitie 127 Nor [is] Mahumetisme at any time so perswasible as Christian religion. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Coloss. xi. 4) With probable and persuasible speeches. 1835 Biblical Repertory July 376 The solicitude of Paul..should lead all who preach Christ to guard against a reliance upon the persuasible words of man's wisdom. 1995 Federal Document Clearing House Congress. Testimony (transcript) (Nexis) 3 Aug. When the Abbott Court spoke in its highly persuasible decision, no one listened. 2. Open to persuasion; able to be persuaded. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > persuaded > able to be suadible1382 persuasible1502 flexible?1531 suasible1582 persuadable1598 prevailable1679 influenceable1859 pervious1876 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxii. sig. dd.vi That suche infante fered and loued god and were persuasyble. 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 374 One that is rather perswaisable by mens authoritie, then by reason. 1759 S. Davies Serm. (1864) III. 646 Or this advice may be rendered, ‘Be ye exhorted’, that is, be persuasible, and regard the exhortations I have given you. 1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 46 His wife being a persuasible woman, who will hear reason after all. 1886 Catholic World Feb. 689 He painted her [sc. Rebecca Sharp] to the life, with pretended reluctance to evil, suspected, yet not fully known to be persuasible to consent. 1961 D. T. Campbell in I. A. Berg & B. M. Bass Conformity & Deviation iii. 116 Leaders are less conformant or persuasible than non-leaders. 1991 M. Mackie Gender Relations Canada ii. 40/1 Women are more persuasible than men and are more likely to conform to social pressure in situations involving surveillance by an audience. Derivatives † persuasibleness n. (also perswasibleness) Obsolete (a) persuasiveness; (b) persuasibility. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > persuadability easinessa1619 persuasibilitya1631 persuasiblenessa1660 flexibility1703 persuadableness1741 persuadability1796 manipulability1967 a1660 N. Rogers Rich Fool (1662) 17 Others call that Perswasibleness of words: Some would have all confirmed by the Testimony of Councils, Fathers, and Doctors of the Church. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Persuasibleness, the quality of being flexible by persuasion. [Also in later dictionaries.] † persuasibly adv. (also perswasibly) Obsolete persuasively. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adverb] persuadingly1552 persuasibly1563 persuasively1650 suasively1837 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1399/2 This man dyd..speake..earnestly, and perswasibly, as euer I heard any. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1425
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