pollutableadj.

Brit.

/pəˈl(j)uːtəbl/, U.S.

/pəˈludəb(ə)l/

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

Etymology: < pollute v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier unpollutable adj.

1. Able to be polluted or contaminated, (now) esp. of air, water, land, etc.; susceptible to pollution.

ΚΠ

1736 Truth Ascertained, & Error Confuted 9 Incontaminate, not pollutable or defilable.

1828 J. Briggs Lett. addressed to Young Person in India ix. 57 You should know exactly what articles they [sc. the Sepoys] deem pollutable, and what may be touched without becoming impure.

1886 Huddersfield Daily Chron. 30 Nov. 4/1 Consecutive cisterns and pipes..being readily pollutable, are dangerous sources of supply.

1958 S. D. Dube India's Changing Villages ii. 26 Between the easily pollutable and the unpollutable foods there are several intermediate types.

1989 Daily Herald (Chicago) 3 Apr. i. 6/3 The Caribbean has beaches as pollutable as Alaska.

2010 P. Baer in S. M. Gardiner et al. Climate Ethics iv. xiv. 249/1 Climate stability, and similar ‘pollutable’ goods such as clean air and clean water.., exist prior to human intervention but are degraded by human actions.

2. That causes or is liable to cause pollution, (now) esp. of the natural environment; = polluting adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > polluting

polluting1718

pollutable1888

inquinating1914

1888 Courier (N. Middlesex) 10 Mar. 2/4 In time each house will be provided with a plan of disposing of its own pollutable substances.

1970 Sun (Lowell, Mass.) 28 Jan. 19/5 (heading) Ford develops lab to test pollutable exhaust emissions.

1984 M. Holmström Industry & Inequality ii. 34 Artisan castes can be fitted in with some difficulty, according to the purity of the materials they work with (leather is very polluting, iron more pollutable than gold).

2009 Sunshine Coast Daily (Queensland) (Nexis) 30 Oct. 19 The fact is, cows produce more pollutable gases than all the cars in the world.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pollutable
释义	pollutableadj. Brit. /pəˈl(j)uːtəbl/, U.S. /pəˈludəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pollute v., -able suffix. Etymology: < pollute v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier unpollutable adj. 1. Able to be polluted or contaminated, (now) esp. of air, water, land, etc.; susceptible to pollution. ΚΠ 1736 Truth Ascertained, & Error Confuted 9 Incontaminate, not pollutable or defilable. 1828 J. Briggs Lett. addressed to Young Person in India ix. 57 You should know exactly what articles they [sc. the Sepoys] deem pollutable, and what may be touched without becoming impure. 1886 Huddersfield Daily Chron. 30 Nov. 4/1 Consecutive cisterns and pipes..being readily pollutable, are dangerous sources of supply. 1958 S. D. Dube India's Changing Villages ii. 26 Between the easily pollutable and the unpollutable foods there are several intermediate types. 1989 Daily Herald (Chicago) 3 Apr. i. 6/3 The Caribbean has beaches as pollutable as Alaska. 2010 P. Baer in S. M. Gardiner et al. Climate Ethics iv. xiv. 249/1 Climate stability, and similar ‘pollutable’ goods such as clean air and clean water.., exist prior to human intervention but are degraded by human actions. 2. That causes or is liable to cause pollution, (now) esp. of the natural environment; = polluting adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > polluting polluting1718 pollutable1888 inquinating1914 1888 Courier (N. Middlesex) 10 Mar. 2/4 In time each house will be provided with a plan of disposing of its own pollutable substances. 1970 Sun (Lowell, Mass.) 28 Jan. 19/5 (heading) Ford develops lab to test pollutable exhaust emissions. 1984 M. Holmström Industry & Inequality ii. 34 Artisan castes can be fitted in with some difficulty, according to the purity of the materials they work with (leather is very polluting, iron more pollutable than gold). 2009 Sunshine Coast Daily (Queensland) (Nexis) 30 Oct. 19 The fact is, cows produce more pollutable gases than all the cars in the world. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1736
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