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单词 pleasable
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pleasableadj.

Brit. /ˈpliːzəbl/, U.S. /ˈplizəb(ə)l/
Forms:

α. Middle English plesable, Middle English pleseable, Middle English pleysable, 1500s–1600s 1800s– pleasable; also Scottish pre-1700 pleasabill, pre-1700 plesabile, pre-1700 plesable.

β. Middle English plesibill, 1500s pleasible; also Scottish pre-1700 pleissibill.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: please v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < please v. + -able suffix, probably originally after Anglo-Norman and Old French pleisable, plesable pleasing, agreeable, peaceful, serene (late 12th cent. in Old French; also in Old French as plaisable ). Compare later placable adj. With β forms compare -ible suffix and also Anglo-Norman pleisible, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French plaisible pleasing, agreeable (late 12th cent.; < post-classical Latin placibilis (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian)).With pleasableness n. compare earlier placability n.
Now chiefly U.S.
1. Capable of being pleased; (formerly) spec. †placable, mild (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [adjective]
stillc825
tamec888
nesheOE
mildeOE
softOE
lithea1000
daftc1000
methefulOE
sefteOE
meekc1175
benign1377
pleasablea1382
mytha1400
tendera1400
unfelona1400
mansuetea1425
meeta1425
gentlec1450
moy1487
placablea1522
facile1539
effeminate1594
silver1596
mildya1603
unmalicious1605
uncruel1611
maliceless1614
tender-hefteda1616
unpersecutive1664
baby-milda1845
rose water1855
turtlish1855
unvindictive1857
soft-boiled1859
tenderful1901
soft-lining1967
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xliii. 14 Goþ to þe man, & my god allmiȝty make hym pleysable to ȝou [L. Deus..faciat vobis eum placabilem].
1552 Northumberland in P. F. Tytler Eng. under Edward VI & Mary (1839) II. 148 I love not to have to do with men which be neither grateful nor pleasable.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ai/2 Pleasable, placabilis, e.
1839 Countess Granville Let. 21 June (1894) II. 288 Lady Jersey is..as good-humoured and pleasable as it is possible to be.
1917 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 27 Oct. 5/7 (advt.) We can please any customer who is pleasable.
1996 Yuba-Sutter Appeal Democrat (Calif.) (Nexis) 18 Nov. c1 Most customers are pleasable, but there will always be one that nothing could ever make happy.
2. Capable of pleasing; acceptable, pleasant, agreeable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective]
winsomea900
sweetc900
likingeOE
i-quemec950
lieflyOE
winlyOE
hereOE
thankfulc1000
merryOE
queemc1175
beina1200
willea1200
leesomec1200
savouryc1225
estea1250
i-wilc1275
winc1275
welcomea1300
doucea1350
well-pleasingc1350
acceptablea1382
pleasablea1382
pleasanta1382
pleaseda1382
acceptedc1384
amiablec1384
well-likinga1387
queemfulc1390
flattering1393
pleasinga1398
well-queeminga1400
comelyc1400
farrandc1400
greable1401
goodlyc1405
amicable?a1425
placablec1429
amene1433
winful1438
listyc1440
dulcet1445
agreeablec1450
favourousc1485
sweetly?a1500
pleasureful?c1502
dulcea1513
grate1523
prettya1529
plausible1541
jolly1549
dulcoratec1550
toothsome1551
pleasurable1557
tickling1558
suavec1560
amenous1567
odoriferous?1575
perfumed1580
glada1586
tickle1593
pleasurous1595
favoursome1601
dulcean1606
gratifying1611
Hyblaean1614
gratulatea1616
arrident1616
solacefula1618
pleasantable1619
placid1628
contentsome1632
sapid1640
canny1643
gustful1647
peramene1657
pergrateful1657
tastefula1659
complacent1660
placentiousa1661
gratifactorya1665
bland1667
suavious1669
palatable1683
placent1683
complaisant1710
nice1747
tasty1796
sweetsome1799
titbit1820
connate1836
cunning1843
mooi1850
gemütlich1852
sympathique1859
congenial1878
sympathetic1900
sipid1908
onkus1910
sympathisch1911
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. lx. 7 Weþeres..shul ben offrid vp on my plesable [a1425 L.V. acceptable] auter.
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 112 (MED) Þe parfiȝt and plesable staat be moore acceptable to me.
a1485 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Rylands) 138 Plesable [c1405 Ellesmere she was..ful plesaunt and amyable of port].
1554 J. Knox Godly Let. sig. A iijv I haue ben compelled to speake in your presens..such thinges as were not pleasable to the eares of men.
1583 Burgh Court Perth 30 Apr. Ane ȝerlie annuell rent..to be vplift of sufficient landis within or without burght pleissibill to the ressauer.
?c1615 Chron. Kings of Scotl. (1830) 96 Ane mair gratious and pleasabill princis rang newer in our dayis.
1685 J. Jackson et al. Annot. Holy Bible II. sig. 5A4 God became propitious and pleasable to all.
1855 J. De Witt Kate Weston vii. 71 A stout, red-faced little gentleman, with brass buttons upon a blue coat, waddled suddenly up to them, looking extremely pleased and pleasable.
1897 Ohio Democrat (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 16 Sept. Yet these three days are crowded with pleasable incidents.
1921 E. Pound in Pound/Lewis: Lett. (1985) 129 Will you as soon as pleasable send off 20 to 25 photos of your stuff to the Little Review.
2000 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 18 May Pleasable enough fluff but you won't miss out if you wait for the video.

Derivatives

pleasableness n. Obsolete rare placability.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun]
sweetnessc1000
mildnessOE
lithenessc1175
mildshipa1200
softnessa1200
mildheadc1300
softheadc1350
mansuetudec1390
tendresse1390
tendernessa1400
gentleness?c1400
mansuetiea1500
suavitude1512
treatableness1526
placability1531
lenity1548
pleasableness1556
mollity1562
fair1599
lenitude1627
placableness1647
unaggressiveness1870
1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 34v Ther is..nothing more semeelie for a great..man, than pleasablenesse [L. placabilitate], and mercie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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